# County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981, Rule 1: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

In this Order—
“the appropriate Minister or department” means—
(a) the First Minister and the deputy First Minister acting jointly; or
(b) where they, acting jointly, determine under paragraph 36 of Schedule 10 that any power conferred on them by that Schedule in relation to any specified proceedings may be exercised by a specified Minister or Northern Ireland department, that Minister or department; and for this purpose “specified” means specified in a determination under that paragraph;
“devolution issue” has the same meaning as in Schedule 10;
“the Judicial Committee” means the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council;
“originating process” means a civil bill, petition, notice of application or any other method of commencing proceedings in a county court;
“Schedule 10” means Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/23A/rule/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-23A/rule-1
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