# County Court Divisions (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013

S.R. 2013/131 · made 14 May 2013

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.

Made under: County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (Article 3)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-divisions-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2013/pdf/nisr_20130131_en.pdf

## Introductory text

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 1980 after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice.

## 1 Citation 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.

## 2 Amendments to the County Court Divisions Order (Northern Ireland) 1994

The County Court Divisions Order (Northern Ireland) 1994 is amended as follows—
(a) in Article 2, for “seven”, substitute “three”;
(b) 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

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“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.

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