{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/schedule-6/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/schedule-6/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/23",
  "legislation_title": "Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Until an order under section 68(3) comes into force in relation to any place in which heretofore there was established a district probate registry, that registry shall continue in existence and—\n(a) shall be deemed to be a branch office of the Probate and Matrimonial Office;\n(b) may transact such of the business of that Office as may be specified in directions given by the Lord Chancellor after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice; and\n(c) may be placed under the supervision of a circuit registrar.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 9(b) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 40(3); S.I. 2006/1014, {art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)}"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 9: transfer of functions (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), Sch. 17 para. 6(j) (with arts. 28-31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/23/schedule/6/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:23:00.123548+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."
}