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Section 1 The Court of Judicature.F1

United Kingdom

There shall be a Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland (in this Act referred to as “the Court of Judicature”) which shall consist of—

(a)

Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland (in this Act referred to as “the High Court”);

(b)

Her Majesty’s Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland (in this Act referred to as “the Court of Appeal”); and

(c)

Her Majesty’s Crown Court in Northern Ireland (in this Act referred to as “the Crown Court”),

with such jurisdiction as is respectively conferred on those courts by this Act or by any other statutory provision.

Annotations

Textual amendments

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Words in s. 1 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

Notes on Part I

Textual amendments

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Words in Pt. 1 heading substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)