Section 7 Application to Northern Ireland.

(1)

This Act shall, subject to the provisions of this section, apply to Northern Ireland as it applies to England.

(2)

In the application of this Act to Northern Ireland—

(a)

the expression “enactment” shall include an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland;

X1*(b)

subsection (3) of section one shall not have effect, and for subsection (4) of that section there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

“(4)
Notwithstanding anything in section eighty-six of the Probates and Letters of Administration Act (Ireland) 1857, sureties shall not be required to an administration bond given by a consular officer upon the grant of administration by virtue of this section.”;

(c)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 7(2)(c) repealed by Consular Relations Act 1968 (c. 18), s. 16(4)

Editorial notes

X1: S. 1(4), as substituted for Northern Ireland by s. 7(2)(b), repealed (N.I.) by Administration of Estates Act (N.I.) 1971 (c. 31), s. 8(1)(2), Sch. Pt. I