http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/33/section/21/2012-04-02Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954An Act to make provision with respect to the operation, interpretation and citation of Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and of instruments made thereunder.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-22Expert Participation2012-04-02 <Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/33/part/chapter/n2/2012-04-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/33/part/chapter/n2" NumberOfProvisions="27" RestrictEndDate="2012-05-01" id="part-chapter-n2" RestrictStartDate="2012-04-02" RestrictExtent="N.I."><Number/><Title>Operation of enactmentsRules regulating procedure of courts and tribunals.211Where an enactment confers any jurisdiction on a court or other tribunal or extends or varies the jurisdiction of a court or tribunal, the authority having for the time being power to make rules or orders regulating the practice and procedure of that court or tribunal may make such rules or orders (including rules or orders regulating costs, …, witnesses and other expenses) as appear to the authority to be necessary for regulating the practice and procedure of such court or tribunal in the exercise of the jurisdiction so conferred, extended or varied, and it shall not be necessary for any other enactment to confer power on the authority to make any rules or orders for those purposes.2A county court rule or magistrates' courts rule whichadirects money to be paid out of or in aid of public funds; orPara. (b) rep. by 1978 c. 23shall not be made without the concurrence of the [ Treasury], but the validity of any county court rule or magistrates' courts rule shall not in any proceedings in any court be impugned either by the court or by any party to the proceedings on the ground only that any such concurrence as aforesaid had not been given or is not expressed to have been given.3All such rules or orders heretofore made under any enactment shall be deemed to have been made under this section and may be varied or revoked accordingly.4In any enactment—“rules of court” shall mean rules of court made, or having effect as if made, under section 55 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 ;“Crown Court rules” shall mean rules made under section 52 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978.]5In any enactment—“county court rules” shall mean county court rules made, or having effect as if made, by the authority having for the time being power to make rules regulating the practice and procedure in county courts;“magistrates' courts rules” shall mean rules made under Part IV of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and shall include any rule or order which under paragraph 5 or 7 of Schedule 5 of that Order has effect as if it was a rule so made.6References in this section to rules or orders shall include—ain relation to theCourt of Judicature, the High Court or the Court of Appeal …, references to rules of court;aain relation to the Crown Court, references to Crown Court rules;]bin relation to the county court …, references to county court rules; andcin relation to magistrates' courts references to magistrates' courts rules.Subs. (7) rep. by 1964 c. 21 (NI)1978 c.23S. 21(1) applied by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), s. 58(7) (as substituted (14.5.2008) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), ss. 30(1), 31(3), Sch. 4 para. 5); S.I. 2008/1318, art. 21978 c. 231981 NI 261978 c. 23Words in s. 21(6)(a) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(b)1978 c. 23
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Words in
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