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54 Citation, interpretation, repeals, commencement and extent.U.K.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act 1970.
(2)References in this Act to any enactment include references to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.
(3)The enactments specified in Schedule 11 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
(4)This Act shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may appoint by order made by statutory instrument, and different days may be so appointed for different provisions of this Act, or for different purposes.
(5)Except insofar as it amends, or authorises the amendment of, any enactment which extends to Scotland, this Act shall not extend to Scotland.
(6)This section (except subsection (3)) and the following provisions only of this Act extend to Northern Ireland, that is to say—
(a)sections 1(6) . . . and Schedules 2 . . . , so far as they relate to any enactment which extends to Northern Ireland, and section 2(5);
(b)Part III; and
(c)sections 36, [38A], 39, 43(6) . . .
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