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PROSECUTION OF OFFENCES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 8

8.(1) On such day as the Ministry of Home Affairs may by order appoint the
Office of Crown Solicitor for any county or place shall be abolished, and the
functions of every such Crown Solicitor in connection with criminal
proceedings shall thereupon become functions of the Director.

(2) The Ministry of Home Affairs with the approval of the Ministry of Finance
may by regulations make provision for the payment by the Ministry of Home
Affairs, subject to such exceptions or conditions as may be prescribed by the
regulations, of compensation to or in respect of persons who immediately
before the day appointed as aforesaid, hold and have held, for such minimum
period as may be prescribed by the regulations, part-time office as Crown
Solicitor for any county or place.

(3) Where a person who receives compensation pursuant to regulations made
under paragraph (2) above is appointed to any post under article 4 of this
Order, he shall repay to the Ministry that compensation or such part thereof
as the Ministry with the approval of the Ministry of Finance may determine.

(4) Regulations made under paragraph (2) above may include provision as to the
manner in which the claim for compensation is to be made, and for the
determination of any question arising under the regulations.

Art.9(1) amends ss.73, 96, 97, 106, 120 of, and sch.8 to, 1962 c.14 (NI);
para.(2) amends Note3 (later rep.) in sch.1 to 1969 c.10 (NI); para.(3) amends
s.20 of 1954 c.33 (NI). Art. 10 amends s.18 of 1945 c.15 (NI)

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