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Law Officers Act 1997

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 11 Cited in Amendments 37 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1997 c. 60
Year1997
(1) Any function of the Attorney General may be exercised by the Solicitor General.(2) Anything done by or in relation to the Solicitor General in the exercise of or in connection with a function of the Attorney General has effect as if done by or in relation to the Attorney General.(3) The validity of anything done in relation to the Attorney General, or done by or in relation to the Solicitor General, is not affected by a vacancy in the office of Attorney General.prevents anything being done by or in relation to the Attorney General in the exercise of or in connection with any function of his; orrequires anything done by the Solicitor General to be done in the name of the Solicitor General instead of the name of the Attorney General.(5) It is immaterial for the purposes of this section whether a function of the Attorney General arises under an enactment or otherwise.(1) Any function of the F1Advocate General for Northern Ireland may be exercised by the Solicitor General for England and Wales.(2) Anything done by or in relation to the Solicitor General in the exercise of or in connection with a function of the F3Advocate General has effect as if done by or in relation to the F3Advocate General .(3) The validity of anything done in relation to the F3Advocate General , or done by or in relation to the Solicitor General, is not affected by a vacancy in the office of F3Advocate General .prevents anything being done by or in relation to the F3Advocate General in the exercise of or in connection with any function of his; orrequires anything done by the Solicitor General to be done in the name of the Solicitor General instead of the name of the F3Advocate General .(5) It is immaterial for the purposes of this section whether a function of the F3Advocate General arises under an enactment or otherwise.(6) In this section F2“Advocate General” means the Advocate General for Northern Ireland.(1) This Act may be cited as the Law Officers Act 1997.(2) The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act (which include spent provisions and provisions conferring specific functions on the

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