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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/schedule-7/part-II",
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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/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "ACTS OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT AND PARLIAMENT OF NORTHEN IRELAND.",
  "text": "10 Chas. 1. Sess. 2 c. 14 (Ir.).\nThe Demise of the Crown Act (Ireland) 1634.\nThe whole Act.\n10 Chas. 1. Sess. 3 c. 13(Ir.).\nThe Forcible Entry Act (Ireland) 1634.\nSection 3.\n10 Chas. 1. Sess. 3 c. 18 (Ir.).\nThe Oaths Act (Ireland) 1634.\nThe whole Act.\n7 Will. 3. c. 12. (Ir.).\nThe Statute of Frauds (Ireland) 1695.\nSections 10, 11 and 14.\n7 Will. 3. c. 13. (Ir.).\nThe Sheriffs Act (Ireland) 1695.\nThe whole Act.\n1 Geo. 2. c. 8. (Ir.).\nThe Privilege of Parliament Act (Ireland) 1727.\nIn section 1 the words from “at Dublin” to “courts of appeal”.\n9 Geo. 2. c. 7. (Ir.).\nThe Land Improvement Act (Ireland) 1735.\nUn section 1 the words from “in the manner following” to the end of the section.\n19 Geo. 2. c. 12 (Ir.).\nAn Act for the better regulating of Corporations.\nThe whole Act.\n1 Geo. 3. c. 17. (Ir.).\nThe Expiring Laws Act (Ireland) 1761.\nSection 10.\n3 Geo. 3. c. 28. (Ir.).\nThe Criminal Justice Act (Ireland) 1763.\nThe whole Act.\n11 & 12 Geo. 3. c. 34 (Ir.).\nThe Criminal Justice (Venue) Act (Ireland) 1771.\nThe whole Act.\n21 & 22 Geo. 3. c. 11 (Ir.).\nThe Habeas Corpus Act (Ireland) 1781.\nSections 6, 9, 11 and 12.\n21 & 22 Geo. 3. c. 51 (Ir.).\nThe Criminal Justice (Venue) Act (Ireland) 1781.\nThe whole Act.\n25 Geo. 3. c. 36 (Ir.).\nThe Sheriffs Act (Ireland) 1785.\nSections 2 to 4.\n36 Geo. 3. c. 26 (Ir.).\nThe Judges Salaries Act (Ireland) 1796.\nThe whole Act.\n38 Geo. 3. c. 2 (Ir.).\nThe Quo Warranto Act (Ireland) 1798.\nThe whole Act.\n40 Geo. 3. c. 38 (Ir.).\nThe Act of Union (Ireland) 1800.\nIn Article VIII of the Treaty of Union as set out in section 1 the words from “that from” to “chancery in Ireland; and”.\n40 Geo. 3. c. 69 (Ir.).\nThe Judicial Salaries and Pensions Act (Ireland) 1800\nThe whole Act.\n14 — 15 Geo. 5. c. 21 (N.I.).\nThe Industrial Assurance Act (Northern Ireland) 1924.\nSection 7(1)(c).\n14 — 15 Geo. 5. c. 27 (N.I.).\nThe Illegitimate Children (Affiliation Orders) Act (Northern Ireland) 1924.\nIn section 9(2) the words from “whether” to the end.\n16 — 17 Geo. 5. c. 15 (N.I.).\nThe Jury Laws Amendment Act (Northern Ireland) Act 1926.\nIn section 14(1) the words “or section forty-eight” and the words “or under section nine of the Petty Sessions Clerks and Fines (Ireland) Act 1878”.\nSection 14(2).\n20 Geo. 5. c. 1 (N.I.).\nThe Bankruptcy Amendment Act (Northern Ireland) 1929.\nIn section 21(10) the words from “ “the court”” to “1897”.\nIn section 28(1) in the definition of “Official Assignee” the words from “as amended” to the end.\n21 — 22 Geo. 5. c. 12 (N.I.).\nThe Planning and Housing Act (Northern Ireland) 1931.\nSection 47(1).\n21 — 22 Geo. 5. c. 14 (N.I.)\nThe Wild Birds Protection Act (Northern Ireland) 1931.\nSection 14(2).\n23 — 24 Geo. 5. c. 16 (N.I.).\nThe Probates and Letters of Administration Act (Northern Ireland) 1933.\nSection 3.\n1 Edw. 8 — 1 Geo. 6. c. 9 (N.I.).\nThe Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1937.\nSection 18.\n2 — 3 Geo. 6. c. 12 (N.I.).\nThe Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1939.\nIn section 6(1) the definition of “rules of court”.\n4 — 5 Geo. 6. c. 9.\nThe Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act (Northern Ireland) 1940.\nSection 4(3).\n1945 c. 15 (N.I.).\nThe Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945.\nIn section 7(1) the words “county or” wherever they occur and the words from “Provided that” to the end.\nIn sections 30(1) and 33(4) the word “Criminal” wherever it occurs after “of”.\n1945 c. 16 (N.I.).\nThe Indictments Act (Northern Ireland) 1945.\nAs from such date as is referred to in section 52(2) of this Act, sections 1 and 2 and in section 7 the words “or the rules made thereunder”.\n1954 c. 9 (N.I.).\nThe Administration of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.\nSection 12.\nIn section 13(1) and (2) the words “(whether in the same or another county)”.\nSection 13(6).\nIn section 16(1) the word “(Ulster)”.\nSection 16(2).\nSection 17.\nSection 22.\nSection 24.\nSection 26.\nSection 29.\n1954 c. 33 (N.I.).\nThe Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.\nIn section 21—\n(a) in subsection (1) the word “fees” ;\n(b) in subsection (2), paragraph (b) ;\n(c) in subsection (6) in paragraph (a) the words “or the Court of Criminal Appeal” and in pargaraph (b) the words “and to courts of quarter sessions”.\nIn section 42(1) the definition of “court of quarter sessions”.\nIn section 42(2) the words “a court of quarter sessions”, the words “court of quarter sessions” wherever they occur and the words “or court of quarter sessions”.\nIn section 42(3) in the definition of “county court judge” the words “a chairman of a court of quarter sessions, and” and the words from “holding” to the end.\nIn section 42(4) the definition of “assizes”.\nIn section 46(1) in the definitionof “Lands Clauses Acts” the words “, the Railways Traverse Act, 1868”.\n1959 c. 15 (N.I.).\nThe Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959.\nSection 4.\nIn section 40 the definitions of “appointed day”, “council”, “county”, “maintenance and equipment”, “Ministry” and “Minister”.\n1959 c. 25 (N.I.).\nThe County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959.\nIn section 3(1) the words “by the Ministry”.\nSection 3(2).\nSection 6(2)(b) and (c).\nSection 7.\nIn section 10(4) the words from “Except” to “1956”.\nSection 14.\nIn section 16 the words “Chancery Division of the”.\nIn section 21(2) the words “to proceedings in any Admiralty cause or matter, or”.\nSections 39 to 42.\nSection 45.\nSection 50.\nIn section 71(1)(b) the words in brackets.\nSection 98.\nSection 99(3).\nSections 100 and 101.\nSections 108 to 110.\nIn section 111(1) the words from the beginning to “1954”.\nSections 112 and 113.\nSection 115.\nSection 116(2) and (3).\nSection 118.\nSection 137(b) and (c).\nSection 138.\nIn section 145(2) the words “or a court of assize”.\nSection 146(1).\nIn section 147(b)(ii) the words “and by leave of the judge of any action in which the sum claimed or the amount involved does not exceed fifty pounds”.\nIn section 147(b)(iii) the words “Queen’s Bench Division of the”.\nSection 147(c) and (e)(ii).\nIn section 148 the words from “and all order as to fees” to “as to costs or fees” and the words “costs and fees”.\nIn section 150 the words “Chancery Division of the”.\nIn section 152(1) the definitions of “Minister” and “Ministry” and in the definition of “prescribed” the words “or by regulations made under subsection (10) of section one hundred and eight,”.\nSection 154(2).\nSchedules 1 and 3.\n1960 c. 22 (N.I.).\nThe Companies Act (Northern Ireland) 1960.\nSection 349(7).\n1961 c. 15 (N.I.).\nThe Mental Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1961.\nIn section 113(1) the definitions of “the Department for the Affairs of Mental Patients” and “Lord Chief Justice”.\nSection 117.\n1962 c. 14 (N.I.).\nThe Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962.\nSection 43(4).\nSection 72(4).\nSection 83(5).\nIn Schedule 8, paragraph 3(1) and (3).\n1964 c. 3 (N.I.).\nThe County Courts Appeals Act (Northern Ireland) 1964.\nIn section 2(1) the words from “made otherwise than” to “Act of 1959”.\nIn section 3(1) the words “judge of assize or”.\nSection 5(a)(ii).\nSection 6.\nIn Schedule 1 the amendment to the Town Tenants Act (Ireland) Act 1906.\n1964 c. 13 (N.I.).\nThe Agricultural Marketing Act (Northern Ireland) 1964.\nSection 13(6)(b).\n1964 c. 21 (N.I.).\nThe Magistrates’ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964.\nSections 4 and 5.\nIn section 7 the words from “so, however, that” to the end.\nSection 8.\nIn section 13(2) the words “, subject to section 3(4),”.\nSection 14(2).\nIn section 22 the words “by the Ministry”.\nIn section 23—\n(a) subsection (3);\n(b) in subsection (7) the words “or (3)” and “and fees”;\n(c) subsections (8) and (9).\nIn section 24(a) the word “fees”.\nIn section 25(1) the words “of the Ministry”.\nSection 25(3).\nIn section 26(1) the words “and fees”.\nSections 27 to 29.\nSection 32(5).\nSection 47.\nIn section 48(1) the words “the crown and peace for the county or county borough in or for which”, the word “sat”, the words “end of the assize or” and the word “county” where it next occurs.\n1964 c. 21 (N.I.)—cont.\nThe Magistrates’ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964—cont.\nSection 151.\nIn section 152(1)(b) the words from the beginning to “section 151(3)”.\nIn section 169(1) the definition of “Minister” and “Ministry”.\nSection 169(3).\nSection 173(2).\nSchedule 1.\nIn Schedule 6 the entries relating to the Education Act (Northern Ireland) 1947, the National Assistance Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 and the Road Traffic Act (Northern Ireland) 1955.\n1964 c. 30 (N.I.).\nThe County Courts (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1964.\nIn section 1 the words from “in proceedings brought” to “Part V of the principal Act and” and the words from “after section 40(3)” to “and” (where it appears before the words “after section 44(4)”).\nSections 4 and 5.\n1967 c. 18 (N.I.).\nThe Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.\nSection 8.\nIn section 12(1) the words “and to subsection (2)”.\nSection 12(2).\n1968 c. 6 (N.I.).\nThe Insurance Companies Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.\nSection 55(2).\nSo much of Schedule 5 as relates to section 7(1)(c) of the Industrial Assurance Act (Northern Ireland) 1924.\n1968 c. 10 (N.I.).\nThe Costs in Criminal Cases Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.\nSection 3(7)(a)(ii).\n1968 c. 29 (N.I.).\nThe Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.\nSection 20(2).\nIn section 20(3)(a) the words from “having power” to “order for detention,” and “by that court of assize or county court”.\nSection 20(4).\nIn section 21(2) the words “(2) or”.\nIn section 21(3) the words from “having jurisdiction in that place” to the end.\nIn section 25(3) the words “as the case may be”.\nSection 26(1).\nIn section 29(1) and (4) the word “Criminal” wherever it occurs after “of”.\n1968 c. 34 (N.I.).\nThe Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.\nIn section 178(4) the words “county or county borough which consists of or includes the”.\n1969 c. 15 (N.I.)\nThe Grand Jury (Abolition) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.\nIn section 2(2), the words from “or, in the case of” to the end.\nSections 2(7) and 3(3).\n1969 c. 30 (N.I.).\nThe Judgements (Enforcement) Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.\nSections 5 to 7.\nIn section 18 the words “fixed by regulations”.\nIn section 19(1) the words “so fixed”.\nSection 30.\nIn section 40(3) the words “and approved by the Minister of Finance”.\nIn section 43(4)(a) the words “a judge of”.\nIn section 52(1)(b) the words “a judge of” and “judge or”.\nIn sections 52(3), 56(2) and 70(2) the words “a judge of”.\nSection 62(c).\nIn section 91 the words “a judge of” where they twice occur and the words “judge or”.\nIn sections 92(1) and 94 the words “a judge of”.\nIn section 113(1) the words “appointed under section 3(2)”.\nIn section 114(1) the words “or regulations”.\nIn section 116(1) the words “a judge of”.\nSections 118 and 119.\nIn section 129(1)—\n(a) in the definition of “court” the words “a judge of”;\n(b) the definitions of “the Minister”, “the Ministry” and “regulations”.\nSection 133(2).\nIn Schedule 4, Part II, the entry relating to section 70 of the Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act Ireland 1860.\n1970 c. 2 (N.I.).\nThe Road Traffic Act (Northern Ireland) 1970.\nSection 87(2).\n1971 c. 30 (N.I.).\nThe Payments for Debt (Emergency Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971\nIn section 9(2) the words “a judge of”.\nSection 13(1).\nSection 14.\nIn section 17(1) and (2) the words “subject to subsection (3)”.\nSection 17(3).\n1971 c. 36 (N.I.).\nThe Civil Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1971.\nSection 5(6).\n1972 c. 6 (N.I.).\nThe Evidence of Alibi Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.\nSection 1(1)(b).",
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