{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/section-85",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/section-85.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/23",
  "legislation_title": "Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978",
  "path": "section/85",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "85",
  "heading": "Provision for default to be made good.",
  "text": "Where any civil servant in the Department of Justice has been guilty of any default with respect to any money, securities or effects in the Court of Judicature or the county court or any statutory deposit or with respect to any such securities as are mentioned in section 84(2), such sum as is necessary for making good the default shall be paid by the Lord Chancellor or, if and so far as it is not so paid, shall be charged on and issued out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 85 substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Court Service (Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/133), art. 1, Sch. para. 5(4) (with arts. 5-7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 85 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 6(1); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words added by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53, SIF 38), s. 70, Sch. 8 para. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 85 substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), Sch. 18 para. 23 (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 85(2): 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(h) (with arts. 28-31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/23/section/85",
    "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."
}