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Administration of Justice Act 1982 in Northern Ireland

1982 c. 53 · Enacted 28 October 1982 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to make further provision with respect to the administration of justice and matters connected therewith; to amend the law relating to actions for damages for personal injuries, including injuries resulting in death, and to abolish certain actions for loss of services; to amend the law relating to wills; to make further provision with respect to funds in court, statutory deposits and schemes for the common investment of such funds and deposits and certain other funds; to amend the law relating to deductions by employers under attachment of earnings orders; to make further provision with regard to penalties that may be awarded by the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal under section 47 of the Solicitors Act 1974; to make further provision for the appointment of justices of the peace in England and Wales and in relation to temporary vacancies in the membership of the Law Commission; to enable the title register kept by the Chief Land Registrar to be kept otherwise than in documentary form; and to authorise the payment of travelling, subsistence and financial loss allowances for justices of the peace in Northern Ireland.

[28th October 1982]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Contents

  1. Part I: Damages for Personal Injuries Etc.
  2. Abolition of certain claims for damages etc.
  3. 1Abolition of right to damages for loss of expectation of life.
  4. 2Abolition of actions for loss of services etc.
  5. 4Exclusion of Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934.
  6. Maintenance at public expense
  7. 5Maintenance at public expense to be taken into account in assessment of damages.
  8. 7Damages in respect of services.
  9. 12Award of provisional damages for personal injuries: Scotland.
  10. Part III: Powers of Courts to Award Interest
  11. 15Interest on debts and damages.
  12. 16Interest on lump sums in matrimonial proceedings.
  13. Part IV: Wills
  14. Amendments of Wills Act 1837
  15. 17Relaxation of formal requirements for making wills.
  16. 18Effect of marriage or its termination on wills.
  17. 19Gifts to children etc. who predecease testator.
  18. 21Interpretation of wills—general rules as to evidence.
  19. 22Presumption as to effect of gifts to spouses.
  20. Registration of wills
  21. 23Deposit and registration of wills of living persons. Not yet in force
  22. 24Designation of Principal Registry as national body under Registration Convention. Not yet in force
  23. 25Regulations as to deposit and registration of wills etc. Not yet in force
  24. International wills Not yet in force
  25. 27The form of an international will. Not yet in force
  26. 28International wills—procedure. Not yet in force
  27. Part V: County Courts
  28. 34Transfers from High Court to county court.
  29. 35Transfers from county court to High Court. Repealed
  30. 37Limits of county court jurisdiction.
  31. Part VI: Funds in Court
  32. 39Investment of money transferred to National Debt Commissioners.
  33. 42Common investment schemes.
  34. 43Provision for making good defaults.
  35. 44Power to repeal and modify ss. 42 and 43.
  36. 45Accounts.
  37. 46Supplemental.
  38. 47Interpretation.
  39. 48AApplication of Part VI to Northern Ireland
  40. Part VII: Miscellaneous
  41. Family Law
  42. 49Presentation of petitions for matrimonial relief on behalf of patients under Mental Health Act 1959. Repealed
  43. 50Orders for the maintenance of wards of court. Repealed
  44. 51Remission of arrears of maintenance.
  45. 52Filing of orders.
  46. Amendments of Attachment of Earnings Act 1971
  47. 53Power to order debtor to appear before court where attachment of earnings order is in force.
  48. 54Deductions by employer under attachment of earnings order.
  49. 55Attachment of debts
  50. Penalties under Solicitors Act 1974
  51. 56Increase in penalty etc.
  52. Judicial Trustees
  53. 57Accounts of judicial trustees.
  54. Recorders
  55. 58Assistance by Recorders for transaction of business of High Court.
  56. Official referee’s business
  57. 59Official referee’s business.
  58. 60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  59. Jurors
  60. 61Questions to persons summoned for jury service.
  61. Inquests
  62. 62Juries where death in police custody etc. suspected.
  63. Explosive substances—consents to prosecutions
  64. 63Consents to prosecutions under the Explosive Substances Act 1883.
  65. Constitution of the Law Commission
  66. 64Temporary vacancies in Law Commission.
  67. Justices of the Peace
  68. Land Registration
  69. Part VIII: Provisions relating to Northern Ireland
  70. 68Damages for personal injuries etc.
  71. 69Interest on debts and damages.
  72. 70Amendents of Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.
  73. 71. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  74. 72Travelling, subsistence and financial loss allowances for Justices of the Peace.
  75. Part IX: General and Supplementary
  76. 73Transitional provisions and savings.
  77. 74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  78. 76Commencement.
  79. 77Extent.
  80. 78Citation.
  81. Schedule 1: Interest on debts and damages
  82. Part I: Section Inserted in Senior Courts Act 1981
  83. 35APower of High Court to award interest on debts and damages.
  84. Part III: Consequential amendment of Crown Proceedings Act 1947
  85. Paragraph
  86. Schedule 2The Annex to the Convention on International Wills
  87. Article 1Part Article 1
  88. Article 2Part Article 2
  89. Article 3Part Article 3
  90. Article 4Part Article 4
  91. Article 5Part Article 5
  92. Article 6Part Article 6
  93. Article 7Part Article 7
  94. Article 8Part Article 8
  95. Article 9Part Article 9
  96. Article 10Part Article 10
  97. Article 11Part Article 11
  98. Article 12Part Article 12
  99. Article 13Part Article 13
  100. Article 14Part Article 14
  101. Article 15Part Article 15
  102. Schedule 3: Monetary Limits of County Court Jurisdiction
  103. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  104. Part II: Amendents of enactments specifying monetary limits
  105. 2Paragraph 2
  106. 3Paragraph 3
  107. 4Paragraph 4
  108. 6Paragraph 6
  109. Part III: Power to raise County Court limit
  110. 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
  111. Part IV: Highways
  112. 8Paragraph 8
  113. Schedule 4: Attachment of debts
  114. Part I: Section inserted in Senior Courts Act 1981
  115. 40AAdministrative and clerical expenses of garnishees.
  116. Schedule 6: Damages for Personal Injuries etc.Northern Ireland
  117. Abolition of actions for enticement, seduction and harbouring of child
  118. 1Paragraph 1
  119. Fatal accidents
  120. 2Paragraph 2
  121. 3Paragraph 3
  122. 4Paragraph 4
  123. 5Paragraph 5
  124. 6Paragraph 6
  125. 7Paragraph 7
  126. 8Paragraph 8
  127. Exclusion of section 14 of Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1937
  128. 9Paragraph 9
  129. Orders for provisional damages for personal injury
  130. 10Paragraph 10
  131. Schedule 7: Interest on Debts and Damages—Northern Ireland
  132. Part I: Section inserted in Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978
  133. 33APower of High Court to award interest on debts and damages.
  134. Part II: Article inserted in County Courts Northern Ireland) Order 1980
  135. Interest on debts and damages
  136. 45AParagraph 45A
  137. Part III: Amendments Consequential on Section 69
  138. Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (c. 44)
  139. 1Paragraph 1
  140. Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23)
  141. 2Paragraph 2
  142. County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980
  143. 3Paragraph 3
  144. Schedule 8: Amendments of Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978
  145. 1Paragraph 1
  146. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  147. 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
  148. 4Paragraph 4
  149. 5Paragraph 5
  150. 6Paragraph 6
  151. 7Paragraph 7
  152. 8Paragraph 8
  153. 9Paragraph 9
  154. 10Paragraph 10
  155. 11Paragraph 11
  156. 12Paragraph 12
  157. Schedule 9 Not yet in force
  158. IRepeals Not yet in force
  159. IIRepeals Not yet in force