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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6Mercy and miscarriages of justice

Criminal Justice Act 1988

4.—(1) Amend Schedule 12(1) (assessors of compensation for miscarriages of justice) as follows.

(2) In paragraph 6(4) omit the words from “Lord Chancellor” to “concurrence of the”.

(3) After paragraph 7 insert—

8.  In relation to an assessor appointed by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland, in this Schedule—

(a)references to the Secretary of State are to be read as references to the Department of Justice;

(b)references to the Treasury are to be read as references to the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland.

(1)

Amendment have been made to Schedule 12 but none are relevant.