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(1) In Article 26(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)) (list of offences to which powers of summary arrest apply) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—
“(ee) offences under Article 167(1) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (driving while disqualified);”.
(2) Subsection (1) has no effect in relation to offences committed before it comes into force.
Schedule 3 (which re-enacts with amendments sections 79 to 81 of the 2002 Act and makes further provision with respect to court security officers) shall have effect.
(1) Any rule of law which prevents a barrister from entering into a contract for the provision of his services as a barrister is abolished.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the General Council of the Bar of Northern Ireland from making rules (however described) which prohibit barristers from entering into contracts or restrict their right to do so.
Schedule 4 contains repeals.
(1) The preceding provisions of this Act (with the Schedules) shall not come into force until such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.
(2) An order may appoint different days for different purposes.
In this Act—
(a) “the 2002 Act” means the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), and
(b) any word or expression defined in section 88 of that Act has the same meaning in this Act as in that Act.
(1) Any power to make an order or regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I. 12)).
(2) No order shall be made under section 8(5) unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
(3) An order under section 8(3)(c) or 11(4) and regulations under paragraph 1(4) or 6(1) of Schedule 3 shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament in the same manner as a statutory instrument and section 5 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (c. 36) applies accordingly.
(4) An order or regulations made under this Act may include supplementary, incidental, transitional or consequential provisions.
(1) Subject as follows, this Act extends only to Northern Ireland.
(2) Any amendment made by this Act has the same extent as the provision to which it relates.
This Act may be cited as the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004.
Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004