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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Juries Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No.269) (“the 1996 Regulations”) in consequence of the provisions in Part 1 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (“the Act”) which create a single jurisdiction for county courts and magistrates’ courts, and provide for Northern Ireland to be divided into administrative court divisions by direction of the Department of Justice.

Regulation 4 of the 1996 Regulations provides for the Divisional Jurors Lists to be divided into Parts, each containing the names of jurors living in local government wards specified in tables set out in Schedule 1A to the 1996 Regulations.

Article 2 of this Order amends the 1996 Regulations so that the Divisional Jurors Lists may instead be divided into Parts as directed by the Department of Justice.