PART III N.I. ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. III applied by 2003 c. 31, Sch. 2 para. 27(1)(2) (as inserted (17.7.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), ss. 73(2), 88(1) (with s. 86(14)(15)); S.I. 2015/1428, reg. 2(a))

Power to increase Jurisdiction N.I.

Power to increase civil jurisdiction of county courts N.I.

22.—(1) If it appears to the Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, that—

(a) a sum specified in any of the foregoing provisions of this Part or in Article 30(1) or (3) should be increased, or

(b) where any other statutory provision limits the jurisdiction of county courts by reference (howsoever expressed) to a sum of money, that sum should be increased,

the Lord Chancellor may[F1 , after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice,] by order, specifying the provision and the sum in question, direct that the provision shall be amended so as to substitute for that sum such larger sum as may be specified in the order.

(2) An order under paragraph (1) shall be subject to [F2 negative resolution].

F1 Words in art. 22(1) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 55; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)

F2 Words in art. 22(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 117 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)