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6.—(1) Paragraphs (2) to (4) apply in relation to a function transferred by this Order.
(2) Anything (including legal proceedings) which, at the coming into operation of this Order, is in the process of being done by or in relation to the Court Service may, so far as it relates to the function, be continued by or in relation to the Department of Justice.
(3) Anything done (or having effect as if done) by or in relation to the Court Service for the purposes of or in connection with the function shall have effect as if done by or in relation to the Department of Justice so far as necessary or expedient for continuing its effect after the coming into operation of this Order.
(4) Documents or forms printed for use in connection with the function may be used in connection with the function even though they contain, or are to be construed as containing, references to the Court Service; and for the purposes of the use of any such documents or forms after the coming into operation of this Order, those references are to be read as references to the Department of Justice.
(5) A complaint made under section 9D of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002(1) in relation to the Court Service, whether made before or after the coming into operation of this Order, may be investigated by the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman notwithstanding the abolition of the Court Service.
Section 9D was inserted by section 127 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 c.4.
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