NI: Regulations laid in Parliament ahead of end of Attorney General’s term
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John Larkin
Draft regulations to allow the Northern Ireland Secretary to appoint an Attorney General for Northern Ireland have been laid before Parliament.
The Northern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) Regulations 2019 will pave the way for Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley to appoint an Attorney General when John Larkin’s contract ends in May.
Mr Larkin was first appointed for a four-year term in 2010, which was extended in 2014 and again in 2015.
On appointment, he became the first person to separately hold the title of Attorney General of Northern Ireland since its functions were taken over by the Attorney General of England and Wales in 1972.
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