{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1969/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1969/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1969/58",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Justice Act 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1969",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Application of Part II to Northern Ireland.",
  "text": "(1) In the application of this Part of this Act to Northern Ireland—\n“the Court of Appeal” means Her Majesty’s Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland;\n“the High Court” means the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland;\n“statutory instrument” includes an instrument made under an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland;\nfor the references in section 12(2) to section 3 of the Judicature Act 1925 there shall be substituted a reference to sections 6 and 7 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978; and\nfor the reference in section 15(2)(a) to the Matrimonial Causes Act 1965 there shall be substituted a reference to the Matrimonial Causes Act (Northern Ireland) 1939 or any enactment re-enacting that Act (whether with or without modifications).\n(1A) In the application of this Part of this Act to Northern Ireland, section 12 has effect as if—\n(a) in subsection (1)(a) there were omitted “or that the conditions in subsection (3A) (“the alternative conditions”) are satisfied in relation to those proceedings”;\n(b) after subsection (1)(b) there were inserted\n“, and\n(c) that all the parties to the proceedings consent to the grant of a certificate under this section,”;\n(c) subsection (3A) were omitted.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122(1), Sch. 5 Pt. II(1), Sch. 6 para. 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 16(1A) inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 63(4), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 52 (with Sch. 2 para. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 16(2) repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23), s. 123(2), Sch. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1978 c. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1965 c. 72."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1939 c. 13 (N.I.)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/58/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:51:51.625530+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}