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1 Schedule 3 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (tribunal, advisory bodies and professional panels) is amended as follows. 2 In the table in paragraph 21 (application of Parts 1 to 3 to Northern Ireland), in the entry for paragraph 1— a for “the references to the Lord Chancellor and” substitute “ any reference to ” ; b for “respectively references to the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and” substitute “ a reference to ” . 3 In that table, in the entry for paragraph 13— a for “the references to the Lord Chancellor and” substitute “ any reference to the ” ; b for “respectively references to the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and” substitute “ a reference to ” ; c at the end of that entry insert— After sub-paragraph (2) there shall be inserted— 3 The Lord Chancellor must obtain the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland before exercising his functions under sub-paragraph (1)(a). 4 The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under sub-paragraph (3) a the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002; b a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).