{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-act-1980/section-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-act-1980/section-50.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/47",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/50",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“the Court” means the Court of Appeal;\n“the Master” means the Master (Queen’s Bench and Appeals);\n“Northern Ireland legislation” has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 24(5) of the Interpretation Act 1978;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by rules of court;\n“rules of court” means rules made or having effect as if made under section 55 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.\n(1A) In this Act “the Mental Health Order” means the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 and words or expressions used in this Act and in that Order have the same meaning in this Act as in that Order.\n(2) Any reference in this Act to a provision contained in Northern Ireland legislation shall be construed as including a reference to a provision corresponding thereto and for the time being in force in Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 50(1A) inserted by S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4), arts. 51(6), 136(1), Sch. 5 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1978 c. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1978 c. 23."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nia/2016/18",
      "affecting_title": "Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2016/18",
      "affecting_title": "Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/47/section/50",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:13.972942+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}