Article 47 Making of county court rules

For the purposes of or in relation to any jurisdiction exercisable by county courts, any such rules as are referred to in section 21(1) and (2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 1954 c.33 or Article 48 may—

For the purposes of this Article, “relevant authority” means—

and for the purposes of this paragraph “deal with” and “excepted matter” have the same meanings as in the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

County court rules must be certified under the hand of the members of the Rule Committee, or any three or more of them.

After making and certifying county court rules the Rules Committee must submit them to the F3relevant authority.

The relevant authority must, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, allow or disallow county court rules submitted to F4it.

County court rules have effect only if the relevant authority allows them.

If the relevant authority disallows county court rules, the relevant authority must give the Rules Committee written reasons why F5it has disallowed them.

County court rules allowed by the relevant authority shall come into operation on such day as the relevant authority shall direct.

Paragraph (9) applies if the relevant authority gives the Rules Committee written notice that F6it thinks it is expedient for county court rules to include provision that would achieve a purpose specified in the notice.

The Rules Committee must make such county court rules as it considers necessary to achieve the specified purpose.

Those rules must be—