119(1)Section 459 (orders and regulations) is amended as follows.E+W+N.I.
(2)In subsection (3) after “instrument” insert “ (other than the power of the Advocate General for Northern Ireland to make an order under section 377A(5) which is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1573 (N.I.12))) ”.
(3)In subsection (4)(a) after “377(4)” insert “ , 377A(5) ”.
(4)After subsection (6)(a) insert—
“(aa)by the Attorney General or the Advocate General for Northern Ireland under section 377A(5) unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House;”.
(5)After subsection (7) insert—
“(8)In this section references to the Advocate General for Northern Ireland are to be read, before the coming into force of section 27(1) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), as references to the Attorney General for Northern Ireland.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 8 para. 119 in force at 1.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/755, art. 2(1)(a) (with arts. 3-14)