103 Official Solicitor of Northern Ireland
Courts Act 2003 (2003 c 39) | Legislation

103  Official Solicitor of Northern Ireland

(1)     In Schedule 3 to the 1978 Act (statutory offices) the entry relating to the Official Solicitor ceases to have effect.

(2)     Amend section 75 of the 1978 Act (Official Solicitor) as follows.

(3)     For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1)     The Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, may appoint as Official Solicitor to the Supreme Court a person who is—

(a)     a solicitor of the Supreme Court of at least 7 years' standing, or

(b)     a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years'

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