County Court Divisions (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013
S.R. 2013/131 · Made 14 May 2013
County Courts
Made 14th May 2013
Coming into operation 10th June 2013
The Department of Justice makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 3(1) of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980f1 after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
- f1
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S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3); relevant amending statute is 2005 c.4.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Amendments to the County Court Divisions Order (Northern Ireland) 1994
- Signature
- Schedule Schedule
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the County Court Divisions (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on 10th June 2013.
2Amendments to the County Court Divisions Order (Northern Ireland) 1994
The County Court Divisions Order (Northern Ireland) 1994f1 is amended as follows—
in Article 2, for “seven”, substitute “three”;
for the Schedule, substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Signature
Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Justice on 14 May 2013
L.S.
David Ford
Minister of Justice
“SCHEDULE
Articles 2 and 3
Divisions and the petty sessions districts comprised therein
(1)
Name of division
(2)
Petty sessions districts comprised in division
Ards Ards
Castlereagh
Down
North Down
Armagh and South Down Armagh
Banbridge
Newry and Mourne
Belfast Antrim
Ballymena
Belfast and Newtownabbey
Craigavon
East Tyrone
Fermanagh
Larne
Limavady
Lisburn
Londonderry
Magherafelt
North Antrim
Omagh
Strabane
”
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the County Court Divisions Order (Northern Ireland) 1994 to reduce the number of county court divisions into which Northern Ireland is divided from seven to three.