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Administration of Justice Act 1982 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1991

S.I. 1991/1245 · Made 22 May 1991

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COUNTY COURTS

SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 22nd May 1991

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him bysection 76(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1982f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1982 c. 53.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act 1982(Commencement No. 6) Order 1991.

2

The following provisions of the Administration of Justice Act 1982shall come into force on the 13th of June 1991—

(a)

section 75, so far as it relates to—

(i)

sections 1 to 16 of the Administration of Justice Act 1965f1,

(ii)

the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978f2, and

(b)

paragraphs 6 to 8 of Schedule 8.

Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C.

Dated 22nd May 1991

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the repeal of sections 1 to 16 of theAdministration of Justice Act 1965, which sections applied to funds incourt in England and Wales and the establishment of Common InvestmentFunds. These matters are now governed by Part IV of the 1982 Act.

The Order also brings into force the repeal of section 83 of theJudicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, which applied sections 1, 2, 12,13 and 15 of the 1965 Act, as modified, to Northern Ireland (sections 42to 47 of the 1982 Act already apply there). Paragraphs 6 to 8 ofSchedule 8 to the 1982 Act, which amend certain enactments which applyto Northern Ireland to replace references to the 1965 Act withreferences to the 1982 Act, are also brought into force.