http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1981/1675

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The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

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The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Order

Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

s. 24(5)(a)

Sch. 8

para. 5

s. 106(2)

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

art. 29A

Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

s. 7(2)

Sch. 8

para. 4

s. 106(2)

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

art. 29A

Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

s. 7(6)

Sch. 8

para. 4

s. 106(2)

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

art. 34(1A)-(1E)

Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

s. 8(2)

Sch. 8

para. 4

s. 106(2)

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Sch. 6

para. 125

Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Sch. 5

s. 1(2)

52(1)

s. 59

art. 2(b)

Sch 2

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Sch. 6

para. 128-130

Wildlife and Natural Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Sch. 3

Pt. 2

s. 40(1)

art. 2

Sch.

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Sch. 6 Pt. 3

para. 170

The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 2007

Sch. 8

Pt. 1

art. 2

Sch.

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Sch. 6

para. 144

Police and Justice Act 2006

Sch. 15

Pt. 4

s. 53(1)

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

art. 140(2ZA)

Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Sch. 10

para. 16

s. 285-287

s. 307(2)

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Sch. 6

para. 21

Crime and Courts Act 2013

Sch. 11

para. 210

s. 61(3)

art. 2(e)

art. 3

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Sch. 6

para. 25

Crime and Courts Act 2013

Sch. 11

para. 210

s. 61(3)

art. 2(e)

art. 3

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Instrument

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

s. 91(3)

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Instrument

The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994

arts.3(4)

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Instrument

The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994

art.3(5)

Sch.1

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Instrument

The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994

art.5(2)

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Sch.6 Pt.I

para.5

The Children (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 1995

art.15

Sch.

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Sch.6 Pt.I

paras.18

Merchant Shipping Act 1995

s. 314(1)

Sch.12

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Order

The International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance 2007) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

reg. 8

reg. 1

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Act

Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996

s.79 Sch.4

para 30

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Act

Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996

s.79

Sch.4

para 30

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

art. 29(1)(s)

Pet Abduction Act 2024

s. 4

s. 6(2)(b)

The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

Instrument

Competition Act 1998

s.74(1)

(3)

Sch.12

para.5

Sch.14

Pt.I

F3PART 3THE HOLDING OF PETTY SESSIONS

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

Art. 11 and Pt. 3 heading substituted (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 86(4) (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k) (with art. 3)

Holding of petty sessions in courthouse12

Where a courthouse is provided or maintained under the Administration of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F1 at any place fixed for the holding of petty sessions, the petty sessions shall be held in that courthouse unless either—

a

theF2Lord Chief Justice otherwise directs; or

b

the resident magistrate presiding or who is to preside otherwise adjourns the sitting of the court pursuant to the powers conferred on him by section 13 of that Act.