Part III Supplementary

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21 Short title and extent.

1

This Act may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act 1973.

2

The foregoing sections of this Act shall not extend to Scotland or to Northern Ireland except to the following extent, that is to say—

a

sections 9 to 12 of this Act, and the repeals made by Parts IV and V of Schedule 5, shall extend to Scotland or to Northern Ireland in so far as they affect the law of Scotland or of Northern Ireland; and

b

sections 8, 14 and 18 of this Act (together with so much of section 20(1) as relates to those sections) shall extend to Northern Ireland.