Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1932

1932 CHAPTER 11 22 and 23 Geo 5

An Act to make miscellaneous amendments in the law applicable to Northern Ireland.

[17th March 1932]

Commencement Information

I1 Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 1 repealed by Northern Ireland Act 1962 (c. 30), Sch. 4 Pt. IV

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Textual Amendments

F2 S. 2 repealed by Adminstration of Estates Act 1971 (c. 25), Sch. 2 Pt. I

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Textual Amendments

F3 S. 3 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

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Textual Amendments

F4 S. 4 repealed by National Insurance Act 1946 (c. 67), Sch. 9

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Textual Amendments

F5 S. 5 repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122, Sch. 7 Pt. I

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Textual Amendments

F6 S. 6 repealed by Northern Ireland Act 1962 (c. 30), Sch. 4 Pt. IV

7 Repeal of s. 7 of 54 & 55 Vict. c. 66 and of para. (8) of s. 44 of 7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 64. U.K.

Section seven of the Local Registration of Title (Ireland) Act, 1891, and paragraph (8) of section forty-four of the Representation of the People Act, 1891, and paragraph (8) of section forty-four of the Representation of the People Act 1918 (which provide for certain increases of salary to Clerks of the Crown and Peace), are hereby repealed:

Provided that this repeal shall not affect any clerk of the Crown and Peace who is an existing officer within the meaning of section fifty-eight of the principal Act.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of s. 7 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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Textual Amendments

F7 S. 8 repealed by Seafish Industry Act 1970 (c. 11), Sch. 6 Pt. II

9 Provisions as to sea and tidal waters, the seashore, &c. U.K.

[F8 (1) The restrictions contained in section four of the principal Act shall not extend so as to prevent the Parliament of Northern Ireland making laws with respect to—

(a) the construction, carrying out or alteration of any works on or under or over any part of the shore or bed of the sea whether or not vested in the Crown; or

(b) the carrying out of dredging operations in the sea; or

(c) the deposit or removal of materials on or from the shore or bed of the sea whether or not vested in the Crown; or

(d) ferries across tidal waters in Northern Ireland,

if the consent of the Board of Trade and, in a case where any foreshore the management whereof is vested in the Commissioners of Crown Lands is affected, also the consent of those Commissioners, has been obtained.]

(2) The exercise of administrative powers by the Government of Northern Ireland in connection with any such matters as are mentioned in the last preceding subsection and in relation to byelaws affecting the shore or bed of the sea shall be subject to the like consents as are specified in that subsection.

(3) Where [F9 an application is made to the High Court or to a county court] for the sale or conveyance of, or for a declaration of title as to, any land in Northern Ireland and the land includes any part of the shore or bed of the sea or any land immediately abutting thereon, or where an application is made to any department of the Government of Northern Ireland for any consent, approval, order, licence, loan or other matter which may, or for any purpose which may, affect the shore or bed of the sea or land immediately abutting thereon, notice of the application shall be given by the court or the department concerned to the Board of Trade and the Commissioners of Crown Lands.

(4) For the purposes of this section—

(a) the expression “shore” means the land below the high-water mark of ordinary spring tides, and the expression “sea” includes every arm of the sea and every navigable river up to the point at which it ceases to be tidal; and

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(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

Textual Amendments

F8 S. 9(1) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I but reproduced for the purpose of construing s. 9(2)

F9 Words substituted by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38),s. 122, Sch. 5 Pt. II

F10 S. 9(4)(b),(5) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Functions of Board of Trade now exercisable concurrently by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1537 “Principal Act” means Government of Ireland Act 1920 (c. 67)

10 Short title. U.K.

This Act may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1932.