{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/section-117",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/section-117.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/23",
  "legislation_title": "Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978",
  "path": "section/117",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "117",
  "heading": "Transfer of certain functions relating to courts to Lord Chancellor.",
  "text": "(1) The functions heretofore exercisable by the Secretary of State under the enactments listed in subsection (2) and under any instrument made under any such enactment are hereby transferred to the Lord Chancellor.\n(2) The enactments referred to in subsection (1) are—\n(a) in the Administration of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1954, sections 11 and 14;\n(b) the Coroners’ Act (Northern Ireland) 1959;\n(c) the County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959;\n(d) the Magistrates’ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 (except sections 25(1) and 46);\n(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 117(2)(e) repealed by S.I. 1981/226 (N.I. 6), Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 117(2)(f) repealed by S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1954 c. 9 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1959 c. 15 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1959 c. 25 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1964 c. 21 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/23/section/117",
    "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."
}