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(1)In an enactment the expression—
“[F1Court of Judicature]” shall mean the [F1Court of Judicature] of Northern Ireland;
“Court of Appeal” or “High Court of Appeal” shall mean Her Majesty's Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland;
“High Court” shall mean Her Majesty's High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland;
“Court of Criminal Appeal” shall mean the Court of Criminal Appeal in Northern Ireland F2...;
“court of assize” shall mean a court of assize, a court of oyer and terminer and a court of gaol delivery or any of them and shall include a court held in and for the county of the City of Belfast by virtue of a commission of oyer and terminer or general gaol delivery;
[F3“Lands Tribunal” shall mean the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland;]
[F4“Crown Court” shall mean Her Majesty's Crown Court in Northern Ireland;
“county court” shall mean a county court held F5... under the County Courts [F6(Northern Ireland) Order 1980]M1;]
F7...
[F8“court of summary jurisdiction” or “magistrates' court” shall have the meaning assigned to it by Article 2(2) of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981].
F9(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)In an enactment the expression—
“Lord Chief Justice” shall mean the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland;
“Chancery Judge” shall mean the Judge of the High Court to whom the business and matters arising in the chancery jurisdiction of that court are for the time being assigned;
“county court judge” shall include F7... a recorder F7...; and
[F4“Probate Judge” shall mean the Judge of the High Court to whom probate business and matters are for the time being assigned.]
(4)In an enactment the expression—
“appeal summarily” shall mean appeal, in accordance [F8with magistrates' courts rules], to a court of summary jurisdiction;
Definition rep. by 1975 NI 7; 1978 c. 23
“committed for trial” shall mean committed by a court, judge, resident magistrate, F10... F11... or other authority having power to commit a person in custody with a view to his trial, and shall include committed on bail upon a recognizance to appear and stand trial before a judge and jury;
[F12“standard scale” means the standard scale provided by Article 5 of the Fines and Penalties (Northern Ireland) Order 1984;
“statutory maximum” means the prescribed sum within the meaning of Article 4 of the Fines and Penalties (Northern Ireland) Order 1984.]
“Summary Jurisdiction Acts” shall mean the statutory provisions for the time being in force in Northern Ireland in relation to summary jurisdiction;
“summary conviction” shall mean conviction subject to and in accordance with the Summary Jurisdiction Acts.
[F13(5)In an enactment the expression “industrial tribunal” means a tribunal established under Article 3 of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.]
F1Words in s. 42(1) 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(d)
F5Words in s. 42(1) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 48(2), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
F9S. 42(2) repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 48(3), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
F10SLR 1973
Marginal Citations
M11980 NI 3