Section 28A

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland after consultation with the Secretary of State may make rules as to—

(a)

the bringing of appeals under subsection (4) or (5) of section 28 above;

(b)

the hearing and determination of such appeals; and

(c)

any incidental or ancilliary matters, including the awarding of costs in connection with such appeals;

and any such rules shall be statutory rules for the purposes of the M1 Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.

(2)

Any notice required by section 28 above to be served on any person by the Secretary of State may—

(a)

if that person is an individual, be served on him—

(i)

by delivering it to him, or

(ii)

by sending it by post addressed to him at his usual or last-known place of residence or business, or

(iii)

by leaving it for him there;

(b)

if that person is a partnership, be served on the partneship—

(i)

by sending it by post to a partner, or to a person having the control or management of the partnership business, at the principal office of the partnership, or

(ii)

by addressing it to a partner or any such person and leaving it at that office;

(c)

if that person is a body corporate, be served on the body—

(i)

by sending it by post to the secretary or clerk of the body at its registered or principal office, or

(ii)

by addressing it to the secretary or clerk of the body and leaving it at that office; or

(d)

in any case, be served on that person’s solicitor, or by sending it by post to him at his office, or by leaving it for him there.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: 1979/ 1573(N.I. 12).

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (27.8.1991) by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 24, SIF 39:1), ss. 69(1), 70(4), Schedule 8 PartI