{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-liability-contribution-act-1978/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-liability-contribution-act-1978/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/47",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-liability-contribution-act-1978",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Application to Northern Ireland.",
  "text": "In the application of this Act to Northern Ireland—\n(a) the reference in section 2(3)(b) to section 1 of the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 or section 5 of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 shall be construed as a reference to section 2 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 or Article 7 of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977;\n(b) the reference in section 5 to section 4(1) of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 shall be construed as a reference to section 4(1) of that Act as it applies in Northern Ireland;\n(c) the reference in section 6(3) to the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 shall be construed as a reference to the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977;\n(d) references to England and Wales shall be construed as references to Northern Ireland; and\n(e) any reference to an enactment shall be construed as including a reference to an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1945 c. 28."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1976 c. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1948 c. 23 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "S.I. 1977/1251 (N.I. 18)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "1947 c. 44."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "1976 c. 30."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/47/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:21:37.986533+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."
}