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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend—

  • the Water Supplies and Sewerage (Northern Ireland) County Court Rules 1955 (S.R.& O. 1955 No. 56);

  • the County Court (Summoning of Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings and Appeals) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1966 (S.R.& O. 1966 No. 257); and

  • the County Court (Affidavit of Service) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1972 (S.R. 1972 No. 280)

to take account of Part 1 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 which creates a single jurisdiction for county courts and magistrates’ courts whereby the jurisdiction and powers of those courts are exercisable throughout the whole of Northern Ireland.