The Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al and Min­istry of Le­gal Af­fairs has said Min­is­ter of En­er­gy and En­er­gy In­dus­tries, Stu­art Young will act as At­tor­ney Gen­er­al in Regi­nald Ar­mour's ab­sence.

A state­ment on Fri­day said Ar­mour will be out of the coun­try on pri­vate busi­ness from Fri­day but did not say when he will re­turn.