Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23)

Part I U.K. Constitution of the [F1 Court of Judicature] of Northern Ireland

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Pt. 1 heading substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

1 The [F2 Court of Judicature]. U.K.

There shall be a [F2 Court of Judicature] of Northern Ireland (in this Act referred to as “the [F2 Court of Judicature]”) which shall consist of—

(a) Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland (in this Act referred to as “the High Court”);

(b) Her Majesty’s Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland (in this Act referred to as “the Court of Appeal”); and

(c) Her Majesty’s Crown Court in Northern Ireland (in this Act referred to as “the Crown Court”),

with such jurisdiction as is respectively conferred on those courts by this Act or by any other statutory provision.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 1 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)