PART VSUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING JURISDICTION OF COUNTY COURTS
(iii) PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
Practice and Procedure
Making of county court rules47
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For the purposes of or in relation to any jurisdiction exercisable by county courts, any such rules as are referred to in section 21(1) and (2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] or Article 48 may—
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be made by the Rules Committee in accordance with Article 46 and the following provisions of this Article; and
b
be known as “county court rules”.
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For the purposes of this Article, “relevant authority” means—
a
in relation to county court rules which deal (or would deal) with an excepted matter, the Lord Chancellor; and
b
otherwise, the Department of Justice;
and for the purposes of this paragraph “deal with” and “excepted matter” have the same meanings as in the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
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County court rules must be certified under the hand of the members of the Rule Committee, or any three or more of them.
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After making and certifying county court rules the Rules Committee must submit them to the F3relevant authority.
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County court rules have effect only if the F3relevant authority allows them.
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The Rules Committee must make such county court rules as it considers necessary to achieve the specified purpose.
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Those rules must be—
a
made within a reasonable period after the F3relevant authority gives notice under paragraph (8);
b
made in accordance with this Article.