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The Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (Single Jurisdiction) (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

Government Printer for Northern Ireland

2016-09-06

JUSTICE

Part 2 of the Order makes consequential amendments to the Orders and Regulations listed below to take account of Part 1 of and Schedule 1 to the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (“the Act”) which abolished county court divisions and petty sessions districts in Northern Ireland, and created a single territorial jurisdiction for the county courts and magistrates’ courts, supported by an administrative framework:The Juvenile Courts and Assessors for County Courts Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 (S.R. 1979 No. 104);The Gaming Machine (Forms of Certificates and Permit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 (S.R. 1986 No. 125);The Gaming (Form of Bingo Club Licence) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (S.R. 1987 No. 7);The Lottery (Form of Certificate) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (S.R. 1987 No. 194);The Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 (S.R. 1992 No. 390);The Juries Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 269);The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 300);The Registration of Clubs (Form of Children’s Certificate) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 18);The Licensing (Form of Children’s Certificate) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 19);The Licensing (Form of Licence) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 20);The Registration of Deeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 28);The Licensing (Register of Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 75);The Registration of Clubs (Certificate of Registration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 78);The Road Traffic Fixed Penalties (Enforcement of Fines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 344);The Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Allocation of Proceedings) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 61);The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 177);The Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. 2001 No. 348);The Declarations of Parentage (Allocation of Proceedings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 119);The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 352);The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 59);The Zoos Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 115);The Bookmaking (Forms of Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004 No. 424);The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Quota and Third Country Fishing Measures) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004 No. 440);The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005 No. 350);The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Satellite Monitoring Measures) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.R. 2005 No. 452);The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 407);The Sea Fishing (Marking and Identification of Passive Fishing Gear and Beam Trawls) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008 No. 484);The Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009 No. 33);The Tourist Establishments (Notices, Certificates and Forms) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011 No. 209);The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1484);The Criminal Aid Certificates Rules (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012 No. 135);The Penalty Notices (Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011) (Enforcement of Fines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012 No. 188);The International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007 etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012 No. 413); andThe Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014 No. 188)

PART 2CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION

Amendment to the Penalty Notices (Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011) (Enforcement of Fines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 201233

1

The Penalty Notices (Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011) (Enforcement of Fines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 201234 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2, omit the definitions of “county court division” and “petty sessions district”.

3

Omit regulation 3(2).

4

For regulation 4(2), substitute—

2
A magistrates’ court may, upon complaint made by the clerk of petty sessions, at any time after the expiration of 14 days from the due date and before the expiration of 6 months from that date—
a
issue and cause to be served on the defendant a summons for the appearance of the defendant before a court of summary jurisdiction; or
b
by warrant cause the defendant to be brought before a court of summary jurisdiction.

5

In regulation 6(5), for the words from “a court acting” to the end, substitute “a court of summary jurisdiction”.

6

In Schedule 1, in paragraph (a), for “the court of summary jurisdiction acting for the petty sessions district of ….”, substitute “a court of summary jurisdiction.”.