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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/schedule-7/part-I",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/23",
  "legislation_title": "Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978",
  "path": "schedule/7/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "ACTS OF THE PARLIAMENT OF ENGLAND, GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNTIED KINGDOM",
  "text": "Chapter\nShort Title\nExtent of Repeal\n4 Edw. 3. (1330).\nThe Statute made at Westminster in the Fourth Year of the Reign of King Edward the Third after the Conquest.\nChapter II as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67.\nThe Union with Ireland Act 1800.\nIn Article VIII of the Treaty of Union as set out in section 1 the words from “that from” to “Court of Chancery in Ireland; and”.\n41 Geo. 3. c. 88.\nThe Judges’ Lodgings (Ireland) Act 1801.\nThe whole Act.\n44 Geo. 3. c. 102.\nThe Habeas Corpus Act 1804.\nIn section 1 as it applies to Northern Ireland the words from “or any justice of oyer” to “baron as aforesaid” and the words “or any sitting of nisi prius”.\n50 Geo. 3. c. 102.\nThe Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Act 1810.\nSections 8 and 9.\n55 Geo. 3. c. 157.\nThe Evidence (Ireland) Act 1815.\nThe whole Act.\n57 Geo. 3. c. 56.\nThe Recognizances (Ireland) Act 1817.\nThe whole Act.\n60 Geo. 3. & 1 Geo. 4. c. 4.\nThe Pleading in Misdemeanor Act 1819.\nThe whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n1 Geo. 4. c. 5.\nThe Transfer of Stock (Ireland) Act 1820.\nThe whole Act.\n1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 36.\nThe Public Notaries (Ireland) Act 1821.\nThe whole Act.\n1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 53.\nThe Common Law Procedure (Ireland) Act 1821.\nThe whole Act.\n1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 54.\nThe Clerk of Assize (Ireland) Act 1821.\nThe whole Act.\n4 Geo. 4. c. 61.\nThe Court of Chancery (Ireland) Act 1823.\nThe whole Act.\n4 Geo. 4. c. 89.\nThe Law Costs (Ireland) Act 1823.\nThe whole Act.\n5 Geo. 4. c. 111.\nThe Crown Debts Act 1824.\nThe whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n6 Geo. 4. c. 51.\nThe Assizes (Ireland) Act 1825.\nThe whole Act.\n9 Geo. 4. c. 54.\nThe Criminal Law (Ireland) Act 1828.\nSections 22, 26, 27 and 34.\n11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 65.\nThe Infants Property Act 1830.\nIn section 14 as it applies to Northern Ireland the words “and lord chancellor intrusted as aforesaid, respectively”.\n2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 48.\nThe Clerk of the Crown (Ireland) Act 1832.\nThe whole Act.\n4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 78.\nThe Chancery (Ireland) Act 1834.\nThe whole Act.\n5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 16.\nThe Chancery (Ireland) Act 1835.\nThe whole Act.\n5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 26.\nThe Assizes (Ireland) Act 1835.\nThe whole Act.\n5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 55.\nThe Sheriffs (Ireland) Act 1835.\nSections 6, 11 to 17, 23, 24 and 39 to 41.\n6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 74.\nThe Court of Chancery (Ireland) Act 1836.\nThe whole Act.\n1 & 2 Vict. c. 56.\nThe Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838.\nSections 114 to 116.\n3 & 4 Vict c. 105.\nThe Debtors (Ireland) Act 1840.\nThe whole Act.\n3 & 4 Vict. c. 108.\nThe Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840.\nSections 22, 51, 130 and 139.\n3 & 4 Vict. c. 109.\nThe Counties and Boroughs (Ireland) Act 1840.\nIn section 1, the words from “and shall” to “common boundary” and the words from “Provided also,” to the end.\n5 & 6 Vict c. 69.\nThe Perpetuation of Testimony Act 1842.\nThe whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n5 & 6 Vict c. 94.\nThe Defence Act 1842.\nSection 29 as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n5 & 6 Vict. c. 97.\nThe Limitation of Actions and Costs Act 1842.\nThe whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n6 & 7 Vict. c. 85.\nThe Evidence Act 1843.\nSection 2 as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n6 & 7 Vict. c. 98.\nThe Slave Trade Act 1843.\nIn section 4 as it applies to Northern Ireland the words from “or information” to “Queen’s Bench”, the words “or informations respectively” and the words “in Her Majesty’s said Court of Queen’s Bench”.\n7 & 8 Vict. c. 107.\nThe Common Law Offices (Ireland) Act 1844.\nThe whole Act.\n8 & 9 Vict. c. 115.\nThe Chancery Taxing Master (Ireland) Act 1845.\nThe whole Act.\n11 & 12 Vict. c. 132.\nThe Taxing Masters (Ireland) Act 1848.\nThe whole Act.\n12 & 13 Vict. c. 105.\nThe Renewable Leasehold Conversion Act 1949.\nSection 21.\n13 & 14 Vict. c. 73.\nThe Attachment of Goods (Ireland) Act 1850.\nThe whole Act.\n14 & 15 Vict. c. 20.\nThe Fee-Farm Rents (Ireland) Act 1851.\nIn section 1, the words from “and save and except” to the end of the section.\n14 & 15 Vict. c. 70.\nThe Railways Act (Ireland) 1851.\nSection 25.\n14 & 15 Vict. c. 90.\nThe Fines Act (Ireland) 1851.\nIn section 2 the words from “And in order” to the end.\nIn section 4, from the beginning of paragraph 4 to the end of the section.\nSection 9.\n14 & 15 Vict. c. 99.\nThe Evidence Act 1851.\nSection 6 as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n14 & 15 Vict. c. 100.\nThe Criminal Procedure Act 1851.\nSection 27 as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n15 & 16 Vict. c. 55.\nThe Trustee Act 1852.\nSections 10 and 11 as they apply to Northern Ireland.\n16 & 17 Vict. c. 113.\nThe Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1853.\nThe whole Act.\n17 & 18 Vict. c. 34.\nThe Attendance of Witnesses Act 1854.\nThe whole Act so far as it authorises the issue of procees by the High Court.\n17 & 18 Vict. c. 38.\nThe Gaming Houses Act 1854.\nSection 12 as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n17 & 18 Vict. c. 94.\nThe Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges Act 1854.\nIn Schedule B the entries relating to the salaries of registrars to the judges, Ireland and to lodging money for judges at assizes (Ireland).\n19 & 20 Vict. c. 77.\nThe Chancery Recievers (Ireland) Act 1856.\nThe whole Act.\n19 & 20 Vict. c. 92.\nThe Chancery Appeal Court (Ireland) Act 1856.\nThe whole Act.\n19 & 20 Vict. c. 102.\nThe Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1856.\nThe whole Act.\n20 & 21 Vict. c. 60.\nThe Irish Bankrupt and Insolvent Act 1857.\nSections 11, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 36, 41, 49, 51, 52, 78, 86, 366, 367 and 369.\nIn section 370 in the paragraph beginning “Fourth” the words from “before a notary” to “in England”.\nSections 372 to 375.\n20 & 21 Vict. c. 79.\nThe Probates and Letters of Administration Act (Ireland) 1857.\nSections 6, 16 to 18, 23 to 29, 32, 34, 36, 41, 69, 109, 114 and 115.\nSchedule A.\n21 & 22 Vict. c. 27.\nThe Chancery Amendment Act 1858.\nThe whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n21 & 22 Vict. c. 72.\nThe Landed Estates Court (Ireland) Act 1858.\nSections 37, 40, 55, 65, 74, 75, 77, 78, 86 and 89.\nSchedule A.\n22 & 23 Vict. c. 21.\nThe Queen’s Remembrancer Act 1859.\nSection 15 as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n22 & 23 Vict.c. 31.\nThe Court of Probate Act (Ireland) 1859.\nSections 1, 3, 4, 9, 20 and 31.\n23 & 24 Vict. c. 38.\nThe Law of Property Amendment Act 1860.\nSection 10 as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n23 & 24 Vict. c. 97.\nThe Railways Act (Ireland) 1860.\nSection 3.\nIn section 4 the words from “and the money so deposited” to “accummulated”.\nSection 7.\n23 & 24 Vict. c. 154.\nThe Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act Ireland 1860.\nSections 70 and 71.\n27 & 28 Vict. c. 7.\nThe Bills of Exchange (Ireland) Act 1864.\nThe whole Act.\n30 & 31 Vict. c. 44.\nThe Chancery (Ireland) Act 1867.\nThe whole Act.\n30 & 31 Vict. c. 114.\nThe Court of Admiralty (Ireland) Act 1867.\nThe whole Act.\n30 & 31 Vict. c. 129.\nThe Chancery and Common Law Offices (Ireland) Act 1867.\nThe whole Act.\n31 & 32 Vict. c. 20.\nThe Legitimacy Declaration Act (Ireland) 1868.\nSections 3, 4, 5 and 7.\n31 & 32 Vict. c. 70.\nThe Railways Traverse Act 1868.\nThe whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n31 & 32 Vict. c. 125.\nThe Parliamentary Elections Act 1868.\nThe whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n33 & 34 Vict. c. 110.\nThe Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1870.\nSections 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 to 17, 23, 28 and 29.\n34 & 35 Vict. c. 22.\nThe Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871.\nIn section 2 the definition of “the registrar”.\nSection 16.\nIn section 17 the words from “or where the judge” to “required”.\nSection 24.\nIn section 41 the words “and the Bank of Ireland”.\nIn section 49, the words “ and the Bank of Ireland” and the words from “in the same manner” to “entered in the Court of Chancery”.\nSection 55(6).\nIn section 105 the words from “provided” to the end.\nSection 108.\nIn section 110 the words “of the Court of Chancery” where last occurring.\nSection 112.\nIn section 114 the words from “and also” where first occurring to “Ireland”.\nIn section 118 the words from “and, so far” to the end.\n34 & 35 Vict. c. 49.\nThe Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1871.\nSections 3, 9, 11 to 14 and 20.\n34 & 35 Vict. c. 65.\nThe Juries Act (Ireland) 1871.\nIn section 3 the definitions of “court” and “judge”.\nIn section 18 the words “at any general sessions of the peace” and the words “and in respect of the panels for the assizes, in the office of the returning officer in Dublin”.\nSections 32, 48 and 51.\n35 & 36 Vict. c. 58.\nThe Bankruptcy (Ireland) Amendment Act 1872.\nSections 8, 10, 11 and 13 to 16.\n35 & 36 Vict. c. 75.\nThe Commissioners for Oaths (Ireland) Act 1872.\nThe whole Act.\n39 & 40 Vict. c. 28.\nThe Court of Admiralty (Ireland) Amendment Act 1876.\nThe whole Act.\n40 & 41 Vict. c. 11.\nThe Jurisdiction in Rating Act 1877.\nIn section 3 the words from “As to Ireland” to “Dublin; and”.\n40 & 41 Vict. c. 18.\nThe Settled Estates Act 1877.\nSection 42 as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n40 & 41 Vict. c. 56.\nThe County Officers and Courts (Ireland) Act 1877.\nThe whole Act.\n40 & 41 Vict. c. 57.\nThe Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877.\nThe whole Act.\n41 & 42 Vict. c. 69.\nThe Petty Sessions Clerks and Fines (Ireland) Act 1878.\nSection 9.\n42 & 43 Vict. c. 50.\nThe Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act 1879.\nSections 17 and 21.\n42 & 43 Vict. c. 75.\nThe Parliamentary Elections and Corrupt Practices Act 1879.\nThe whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n44 & 45 Vict. c. 41.\nThe Conveyancing Act 1881.\nSections 48(5), 69(3) and (7) and 72(3) and (5) as they apply to Northern Ireland.\n45 & 46 Vict. c. 29.\nThe County Court Amendment (Ireland) Act 1882.\nThe whole Act.\n45 & 46 Vict. c. 38.\nThe Settled Land Act 1882.\nSection 65(3) and (4) as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n45 & 46 Vict. c. 61.\nThe Bills of Exchange Act 1882.\nSection 70 as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n45 & 46 Vict. c. 70.\nThe Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act 1882.\nThe whole Act.\n45 & 46 Vict. c. 72.\nThe Revenue, Friendly Societies and National Debt Act 1882.\nSection 25 as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n48 & 49 Vict. c. 73.\nThe Purchase of land (Ireland) Act 1885.\nSection 19.\n49 & 50 Vict. c. 27.\nThe Guardianship of Infants Act 1886.\nIn section 9 as it applies to Northern Ireland the words from “Any application” to the end.\nIn section 10 as it applies to Northern Ireland the words from “In Ireland an appeal” to the end.\nSection 11 as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n50 & 51 Vict. c. 6.\nThe Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act 1887.\nThe whole Act.\n50 & 51 Vict. c. 33.\nThe Land Law (Ireland) Act 1887.\nSection 7.\n50 & 51 Vict. c. 57.\nThe Deeds of Arrangement Act 1887.\nSection 18 as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n51 & 52 Vict. c. 27.\nThe Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Amendment Act 1888.\nThe whole Act.\n52 & 53 Vict. c. 48.\nThe County Court Appeals (Ireland) Act 1889.\nThe whole Act.\n52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.\nThe Interpretation Act 1889.\nIn section 13, paragraph (4), (5) and (14) as they apply to Northern Ireland.\n53 & 54 Vict. c. 24.\nThe Deeds of Arrangement Amendment Act 1890.\nSection 3 as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n59 & 60 Vict. c. 8.\nThe Life Insurance Companies (Payment into Court) Act 1896.\nIn section 4 as it applies to Northern Ireland the words “or the Palatine Court, as the case may be”.\n60 & 61 Vict. c. 17.\nThe Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act 1897.\nThe whole Act.\n60 & 61 Vict. c. 20.\nThe Quarter Sessions Jurors (Ireland) Act 1897.\nThe whole Act.\n60 & 61 Vict. c. 66.\nThe Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) (No. 2) Act 1897.\nThe whole Act.\n61 & 62 Vict. c. 37.\nThe Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.\nIn section 69 the word “assizes” and the words “justices, general, quarter or petty sessions”.\n1 Edw. 7. c. 17.\nThe Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1901.\nThe whole Act.\n6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 46.\nThe Law and Procedure (Emergency Provisions) (Ireland) Act 1916.\nThe whole Act.\n10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 67.\nThe Government of Ireland Act 1920.\nSections 38 and 40.\nIn section 4(1) the words from “Provided that” to the end.\nSections 44, 46 and 50.\nSchedule 7.\n10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 81.\nThe Administration of Justice Act 1920.\nSections 11 and 12(2) as they apply to Northern Ireland.\n13 Geo. 5. Sess. 2. c. 2.\nThe Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922.\nParagraph 6 of Schedule 1.\n16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 44.\nThe Supreme Court of Judiature of Northern Ireland Act 1926.\nThe whole Act.\n22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 11.\nThe Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1932.\nSection 5.\n25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 21.\nThe Northern Ireland Land Purchase (Winding Up) Act 1935.\nSections 2, 6(3), 7(1)(a), 8 and 9(4).\n6 & 7 Geo. 6. c. 2.\nThe Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) Act 1942.\nThe whole Act.\n8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 12.\nThe Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1945.\nSection 8.\n12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68.\nThe Representation of the People Act 1949.\nSection 111(1) and (4) as it applies to Northern Ireland.\nSection 160 as it applies to Northern Ireland.\n14 Geo. 6. c. 27.\nThe Arbitration Act 1950\nSection 42(4).\n14 Geo. 6. c. 37.\nThe Maintenance Orders Act 1950.\nSection 13(2).\n15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 12.\nThe Judicial Offices (Salaries etc.) Act 1952.\nSection 4(2).\n2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 38.\nThe Supreme Court Officers (Pensions) Act 1954.\nSection 4.\n3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 8.\nThe Northern Ireland Act 1955.\nSection 2.\n4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 46.\nThe Administration of Justice Act 1956.\nIn Part I of Schedule 1, paragraph 2 and in paragraph 3 the words “or the local court” wherever they occur and the words “or (where it has such jurisdiction) the local court” in sub-paragraph (4).\n8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 65.\nThe Administration of Jusitce Act 1960.\nSections 1 to 6, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17(1), (3) and (4) and 18(3) as they apply to Northern Ireland.\nIn Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 3 in Part I and Part II except so much thereof as modifies sections 12 and 14.\n10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 30.\nThe Northern Ireland Act 1962.\nSections 1 to 5 and 7 to 11.\nSchedule 1.\n1965 c. 2.\nThe Administration of Justice Act 1965.\nSections 30, 32 and 33.\n1967 c. 80.\nThe Criminal Justice Act 1967.\nSection 106(3)(d).\nIn Schedule 4, paragraphs 25 and 27, and in paragraph 26 the words “and also as it applies to Northern Ireland”.\n1968 c. 5.\nThe Administration of Justice Act 1968.\nSection 1(1)(d) and (6).\n1968 c. 21.\nThe Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968.\nIn section 14(2) the words from “The powers of” to the end.\nIn section 30(2) the words “of Appeal”.\nIn section 46(2)(b) the words “of assize or county court” in the second place where they occur.\nSection 49(1).\nIn section 49(3) the words “under section 7(1) of the said Act of 1962 by virtue of subsection (1) of this section”.\nIn section 50(1) the definitions of “county court”, “the Lord Chief Justice” and “the Supreme Court”.\nIn section 53(1) the words in brackets.\nSection 53(2).\nSection 54.\nPart I of Schedule 3.\nSchedules 4 and 5.\n1968 c. 63.\nThe Domestic and Appellate Proceedings (Restriction of Publicity) Act 1968.\nIn section 4(2) the words “a Divisional Court of the Queen’s Bench Division of”.\n1969 c. 12.\nThe Genocide Act 1969.\nSection 1(5).\n1969 c. 58.\nThe Adminstration of Justice Act 1969.\nIn section 12, as it applies to Northern Ireland, subsection (2)(b) and in subsection (8) the words “or commissioner” and “or paragraph (b)”.\nSection 16(2).\nIn Schedule 1 the entry relating to the Northern Ireland Act 1962.\n1970 c. 9.\nThe Taxes Management Act 1970.\nIn Schedule 4, paragraph 13.\n1973 c. 15.\nThe Administration of Justice Act 1973.\nIn section 18(2)(b) the words “a divisional court of the Queen’s Bench Division of”.\n1973 c. 36.\nThe Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.\nIn paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 the words “the Court of Criminal Appeal in Northern Ireland”.\n1974 c. 6.\nThe Biological Weapons Act 1974.\nSection 2(2).\n1975 c. 24.\nThe House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.\nIn Part III of Schedule 1 the entry relating to an officer of or attached to the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland.\n1975 c. 25.\nThe Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975.\nIn Part III of Schedule 1 the entry relating to an officer of or attached to the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland.\n1975 c.34.\nThe Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975.\nIn section 4 the words “and High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland”.\n1977 c. 38.\nThe Administration of Justice Act 1977.\nIn Part III of Schedule 2, paragraph 12.\n1978 c. 5.\nThe Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978.\nSection 34(1).",
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