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Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015, Paragraph 57 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 28 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

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57—(1) Omit section 3 (justices of the peace).N.I.

(2) In section 9 (appointment and assignment of district judges (magistrates' courts))—

(a)in subsection (4) for “in any petty sessions district” substitute “in any magistrates' court”;

(b)in subsection (5) for “petty sessions districts” substitute “ divisions ”;

(c)at the end add—

(6) In subsection (5) “division” means an administrative court division specified under section2 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 for all or the residual purposes of a magistrates' court..

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I1Sch. 1 para. 57 in operation at 31.10.2016 by S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k) (with art. 3)

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