3.—(1) For the purposes of this Order, Northern Ireland shall be divided into such divisions as the Lord Chancellor may[F1, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice,] by order specify.
(2) A court shall be held for each such division at such place or places as may be specified in directions given under Article 4.
(3) A court held under paragraph (2) shall
(a)subject to paragraph (4), be called a county court and be a court of record;
(b)have, throughout the whole of the division for which it is held, the jurisdiction and powers conferred on a county court by this Order or any other statutory provision.
(4) The county court so held for the division which is or includes—
(a)the area of the city of Belfast shall be called the Belfast Recorder's Court;
(b)the area of the city of Londonderry shall be called the Londonderry Recorder's Court.
F1Words in art. 3(1) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 50; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)