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Sections 5 and 20.
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F3Sch. 1 para. 3 repealed (19.6.1997) by 1997 c. 25, ss. 73(3), 74(1), Sch. 6 Pt. I (with Sch. 4 para. 27)
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F5Sch 1 para. 7 repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 110, 109(1)(3), Sch. 8 para. 168, Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)(aa)
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F6Sch 1 para. 7A repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 110, 109(1)(3), Sch. 8 para. 168, Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)(aa)
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F7Sch 1 para. 7B repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 110, 109(1)(3), Sch. 8 para. 168, Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)(aa)
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(2)Subject to any express amendment or repeal made by this Act, any reference in the M1Metropolitan Police Act 1829 or in any other enactment passed before the M2Metropolitan Police Act 1856 to the justices appointed under the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 or to the Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis shall continue to have effect as a reference to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.
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F11Sch 1 para. 10(1) repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 110, 109(1)(3), Sch. 8 para. 168, Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)(aa)
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C1 “that section” means Metropolitan Police Act 1829 (c. 44, SIF 95), s. 1
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M11829 c. 44(95).
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F14Sch. 12 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 4}
F15Sch. 2 so far as it relates to County Courts Act 1959 (c. 22) repealed by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(3), Sch. 4
Section 10.
1E+WThe enactments in relation to which section 10 of this Act has effect by virtue of section 10(8) are—
(a)Part XIII of the M4County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (relating to county court judges and clerks of the Crown and peace), in relation to which the references in section 10 of this Act to section 7(4), section 8 and section 11 (or sections 10 and 11) of the Act of 1950 shall be replaced, respectively, by references to section 126(4) of the County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959, section 127 of that Act and section 13 of the M5Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951;
(b)the M6Resident Magistrates’ Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960, in relation to which—
(i)subsection (4)(c) of section 10 of this Act and the reference in subsection (6) to sections 10 and 11 of the Act of 1950 shall not apply; and
(ii)the references in section 10 to section 7(4) and section 8 of the Act of 1950 shall be replaced, respectively, by references to section 8(4) and section 9 of the M7Resident Magistrates’ Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960;
(c)Part II of the M8Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (relating, by virtue of later enactments, to the National Insurance Commissioners, the President of the Industrial Court and the President of the Industrial Tribunals), in relation to which—
(i)subsection (4)(c) of section 10 of this Act and the reference in subsection (6) to sections 10 and 11 of the Act of 1950 shall not apply; and
(ii)the references in section 10 to section 7(4) and section 8 of the Act of 1950 shall be replaced, respectively, by references to section 10(4) and section 11 of the M9Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951.
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2E+WIn relation to the provisions to which section 10 of this Act applies by virtue of paragraph 1(a) or of paragraphs 1(b) above references in section 10 to relevant service shall have effect as references to service within the meaning of those provisions.
3E+WIn relation to any of the provisions to which section 10 of this Act applies by virtue of paragraph 1 above, the expression “enactment” in section 10(6) shall mean enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland or amendable by Act of that Parliament; and section 10(7) shall not apply, but regulations for purposes of section 10 may be made with the consent of the Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland by the Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland or, in relation to the M10Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Irleand) 1951, [F17the Department of Economic Development], and shall be subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the M11Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 as if they were a statutory instrument within the meaning of that Act.
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F17Words in Sch. 3 para. 3 substituted (31.3.1995) by virtue of 1993 c. 8, s. 51(3), Sch. 8 para. 10(2); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2.
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C3Reference to the Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland to be construed as reference to the Treasury by virtue of Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36, SIF 29:3), s. 40, Sch. 5 para. 8; S.I. 1973/2163, art. 5(1)(c), Sch. 2 and S.I. 1981/1670, arts. 2(1)(c), 3(5)
C4Reference to the Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland to be construed as reference to the Lord Chancellor by virtue of Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36, SIF 29:3), s. 40, Sch. 5 para. 8 and S.I. 1973/2163, art. 3, Sch. 2
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F18Sch. 4 repealed by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), s. 36, Sch. 4
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F19Sch. 5 repealed by Statute Law Repeals Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. I
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