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4 Edw. 3. (1330). | The Statute made at Westminster in the Fourth Year of the Reign of King Edward the Third after the Conquest. | Chapter II as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67. | The Union with Ireland Act 1800. | In Article VIII of the Treaty of Union as set out in section 1 the words from “that from” to “Court of Chancery in Ireland; and”. |
41 Geo. 3. c. 88. | The Judges’ Lodgings (Ireland) Act 1801. | The whole Act. |
44 Geo. 3. c. 102. | The Habeas Corpus Act 1804. | In section 1 as it applies to Northern Ireland the words from “or any justice of oyer” to “baron as aforesaid” and the words “or any sitting of nisi prius”. |
50 Geo. 3. c. 102. | The Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Act 1810. | Sections 8 and 9. |
55 Geo. 3. c. 157. | The Evidence (Ireland) Act 1815. | The whole Act. |
57 Geo. 3. c. 56. | The Recognizances (Ireland) Act 1817. | The whole Act. |
60 Geo. 3. & 1 Geo. 4. c. 4. | The Pleading in Misdemeanor Act 1819. | The whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
1 Geo. 4. c. 5. | The Transfer of Stock (Ireland) Act 1820. | The whole Act. |
1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 36. | The Public Notaries (Ireland) Act 1821. | The whole Act. |
1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 53. | The Common Law Procedure (Ireland) Act 1821. | The whole Act. |
1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. 54. | The Clerk of Assize (Ireland) Act 1821. | The whole Act. |
4 Geo. 4. c. 61. | The Court of Chancery (Ireland) Act 1823. | The whole Act. |
4 Geo. 4. c. 89. | The Law Costs (Ireland) Act 1823. | The whole Act. |
5 Geo. 4. c. 111. | The Crown Debts Act 1824. | The whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
6 Geo. 4. c. 51. | The Assizes (Ireland) Act 1825. | The whole Act. |
9 Geo. 4. c. 54. | The Criminal Law (Ireland) Act 1828. | Sections 22, 26, 27 and 34. |
11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. 65. | The Infants Property Act 1830. | In section 14 as it applies to Northern Ireland the words “and lord chancellor intrusted as aforesaid, respectively”. |
2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 48. | The Clerk of the Crown (Ireland) Act 1832. | The whole Act. |
4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 78. | The Chancery (Ireland) Act 1834. | The whole Act. |
5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 16. | The Chancery (Ireland) Act 1835. | The whole Act. |
5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 26. | The Assizes (Ireland) Act 1835. | The whole Act. |
5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 55. | The Sheriffs (Ireland) Act 1835. | Sections 6, 11 to 17, 23, 24 and 39 to 41. |
6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 74. | The Court of Chancery (Ireland) Act 1836. | The whole Act. |
1 & 2 Vict. c. 56. | The Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838. | Sections 114 to 116. |
3 & 4 Vict c. 105. | The Debtors (Ireland) Act 1840. | The whole Act. |
3 & 4 Vict. c. 108. | The Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840. | Sections 22, 51, 130 and 139. |
3 & 4 Vict. c. 109. | The Counties and Boroughs (Ireland) Act 1840. | In section 1, the words from “and shall” to “common boundary” and the words from “Provided also,” to the end. |
5 & 6 Vict c. 69. | The Perpetuation of Testimony Act 1842. | The whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
5 & 6 Vict c. 94. | The Defence Act 1842. | Section 29 as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
5 & 6 Vict. c. 97. | The Limitation of Actions and Costs Act 1842. | The whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
6 & 7 Vict. c. 85. | The Evidence Act 1843. | Section 2 as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
6 & 7 Vict. c. 98. | The Slave Trade Act 1843. | In section 4 as it applies to Northern Ireland the words from “or information” to “Queen’s Bench”, the words “or informations respectively” and the words “in Her Majesty’s said Court of Queen’s Bench”. |
7 & 8 Vict. c. 107. | The Common Law Offices (Ireland) Act 1844. | The whole Act. |
8 & 9 Vict. c. 115. | The Chancery Taxing Master (Ireland) Act 1845. | The whole Act. |
11 & 12 Vict. c. 132. | The Taxing Masters (Ireland) Act 1848. | The whole Act. |
12 & 13 Vict. c. 105. | The Renewable Leasehold Conversion Act 1949. | Section 21. |
13 & 14 Vict. c. 73. | The Attachment of Goods (Ireland) Act 1850. | The whole Act. |
14 & 15 Vict. c. 20. | The Fee-Farm Rents (Ireland) Act 1851. | In section 1, the words from “and save and except” to the end of the section. |
14 & 15 Vict. c. 70. | The Railways Act (Ireland) 1851. | Section 25. |
14 & 15 Vict. c. 90. | The Fines Act (Ireland) 1851. | In section 2 the words from “And in order” to the end. |
In section 4, from the beginning of paragraph 4 to the end of the section. | ||
Section 9. | ||
14 & 15 Vict. c. 99. | The Evidence Act 1851. | Section 6 as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
14 & 15 Vict. c. 100. | The Criminal Procedure Act 1851. | Section 27 as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
15 & 16 Vict. c. 55. | The Trustee Act 1852. | Sections 10 and 11 as they apply to Northern Ireland. |
16 & 17 Vict. c. 113. | The Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1853. | The whole Act. |
17 & 18 Vict. c. 34. | The Attendance of Witnesses Act 1854. | The whole Act so far as it authorises the issue of procees by the High Court. |
17 & 18 Vict. c. 38. | The Gaming Houses Act 1854. | Section 12 as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
17 & 18 Vict. c. 94. | The Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges Act 1854. | In Schedule B the entries relating to the salaries of registrars to the judges, Ireland and to lodging money for judges at assizes (Ireland). |
19 & 20 Vict. c. 77. | The Chancery Recievers (Ireland) Act 1856. | The whole Act. |
19 & 20 Vict. c. 92. | The Chancery Appeal Court (Ireland) Act 1856. | The whole Act. |
19 & 20 Vict. c. 102. | The Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland) 1856. | The whole Act. |
20 & 21 Vict. c. 60. | The Irish Bankrupt and Insolvent Act 1857. | Sections 11, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 36, 41, 49, 51, 52, 78, 86, 366, 367 and 369. |
In section 370 in the paragraph beginning “Fourth” the words from “before a notary” to “in England”. | ||
Sections 372 to 375. | ||
20 & 21 Vict. c. 79. | The Probates and Letters of Administration Act (Ireland) 1857. | Sections 6, 16 to 18, 23 to 29, 32, 34, 36, 41, 69, 109, 114 and 115. |
Schedule A. | ||
21 & 22 Vict. c. 27. | The Chancery Amendment Act 1858. | The whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
21 & 22 Vict. c. 72. | The Landed Estates Court (Ireland) Act 1858. | Sections 37, 40, 55, 65, 74, 75, 77, 78, 86 and 89. |
Schedule A. | ||
22 & 23 Vict. c. 21. | The Queen’s Remembrancer Act 1859. | Section 15 as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
22 & 23 Vict.c. 31. | The Court of Probate Act (Ireland) 1859. | Sections 1, 3, 4, 9, 20 and 31. |
23 & 24 Vict. c. 38. | The Law of Property Amendment Act 1860. | Section 10 as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
23 & 24 Vict. c. 97. | The Railways Act (Ireland) 1860. | Section 3. |
In section 4 the words from “and the money so deposited” to “accummulated”. | ||
Section 7. | ||
23 & 24 Vict. c. 154. | The Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment Act Ireland 1860. | Sections 70 and 71. |
27 & 28 Vict. c. 7. | The Bills of Exchange (Ireland) Act 1864. | The whole Act. |
30 & 31 Vict. c. 44. | The Chancery (Ireland) Act 1867. | The whole Act. |
30 & 31 Vict. c. 114. | The Court of Admiralty (Ireland) Act 1867. | The whole Act. |
30 & 31 Vict. c. 129. | The Chancery and Common Law Offices (Ireland) Act 1867. | The whole Act. |
31 & 32 Vict. c. 20. | The Legitimacy Declaration Act (Ireland) 1868. | Sections 3, 4, 5 and 7. |
31 & 32 Vict. c. 70. | The Railways Traverse Act 1868. | The whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
31 & 32 Vict. c. 125. | The Parliamentary Elections Act 1868. | The whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
33 & 34 Vict. c. 110. | The Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1870. | Sections 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 to 17, 23, 28 and 29. |
34 & 35 Vict. c. 22. | The Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871. | In section 2 the definition of “the registrar”. |
Section 16. | ||
In section 17 the words from “or where the judge” to “required”. | ||
Section 24. | ||
In section 41 the words “and the Bank of Ireland”. | ||
In section 49, the words “ and the Bank of Ireland” and the words from “in the same manner” to “entered in the Court of Chancery”. | ||
Section 55(6). | ||
In section 105 the words from “provided” to the end. | ||
Section 108. | ||
In section 110 the words “of the Court of Chancery” where last occurring. | ||
Section 112. | ||
In section 114 the words from “and also” where first occurring to “Ireland”. | ||
In section 118 the words from “and, so far” to the end. | ||
34 & 35 Vict. c. 49. | The Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1871. | Sections 3, 9, 11 to 14 and 20. |
34 & 35 Vict. c. 65. | The Juries Act (Ireland) 1871. | In section 3 the definitions of “court” and “judge”. |
In section 18 the words “at any general sessions of the peace” and the words “and in respect of the panels for the assizes, in the office of the returning officer in Dublin”. | ||
Sections 32, 48 and 51. | ||
35 & 36 Vict. c. 58. | The Bankruptcy (Ireland) Amendment Act 1872. | Sections 8, 10, 11 and 13 to 16. |
35 & 36 Vict. c. 75. | The Commissioners for Oaths (Ireland) Act 1872. | The whole Act. |
39 & 40 Vict. c. 28. | The Court of Admiralty (Ireland) Amendment Act 1876. | The whole Act. |
40 & 41 Vict. c. 11. | The Jurisdiction in Rating Act 1877. | In section 3 the words from “As to Ireland” to “Dublin; and”. |
40 & 41 Vict. c. 18. | The Settled Estates Act 1877. | Section 42 as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
40 & 41 Vict. c. 56. | The County Officers and Courts (Ireland) Act 1877. | The whole Act. |
40 & 41 Vict. c. 57. | The Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877. | The whole Act. |
41 & 42 Vict. c. 69. | The Petty Sessions Clerks and Fines (Ireland) Act 1878. | Section 9. |
42 & 43 Vict. c. 50. | The Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act 1879. | Sections 17 and 21. |
42 & 43 Vict. c. 75. | The Parliamentary Elections and Corrupt Practices Act 1879. | The whole Act as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
44 & 45 Vict. c. 41. | The Conveyancing Act 1881. | Sections 48(5), 69(3) and (7) and 72(3) and (5) as they apply to Northern Ireland. |
45 & 46 Vict. c. 29. | The County Court Amendment (Ireland) Act 1882. | The whole Act. |
45 & 46 Vict. c. 38. | The Settled Land Act 1882. | Section 65(3) and (4) as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
45 & 46 Vict. c. 61. | The Bills of Exchange Act 1882. | Section 70 as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
45 & 46 Vict. c. 70. | The Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act 1882. | The whole Act. |
45 & 46 Vict. c. 72. | The Revenue, Friendly Societies and National Debt Act 1882. | Section 25 as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
48 & 49 Vict. c. 73. | The Purchase of land (Ireland) Act 1885. | Section 19. |
49 & 50 Vict. c. 27. | The Guardianship of Infants Act 1886. | In section 9 as it applies to Northern Ireland the words from “Any application” to the end. |
In section 10 as it applies to Northern Ireland the words from “In Ireland an appeal” to the end. | ||
Section 11 as it applies to Northern Ireland. | ||
50 & 51 Vict. c. 6. | The Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act 1887. | The whole Act. |
50 & 51 Vict. c. 33. | The Land Law (Ireland) Act 1887. | Section 7. |
50 & 51 Vict. c. 57. | The Deeds of Arrangement Act 1887. | Section 18 as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
51 & 52 Vict. c. 27. | The Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Amendment Act 1888. | The whole Act. |
52 & 53 Vict. c. 48. | The County Court Appeals (Ireland) Act 1889. | The whole Act. |
52 & 53 Vict. c. 63. | The Interpretation Act 1889. | In section 13, paragraph (4), (5) and (14) as they apply to Northern Ireland. |
53 & 54 Vict. c. 24. | The Deeds of Arrangement Amendment Act 1890. | Section 3 as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
59 & 60 Vict. c. 8. | The Life Insurance Companies (Payment into Court) Act 1896. | In section 4 as it applies to Northern Ireland the words “or the Palatine Court, as the case may be”. |
60 & 61 Vict. c. 17. | The Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act 1897. | The whole Act. |
60 & 61 Vict. c. 20. | The Quarter Sessions Jurors (Ireland) Act 1897. | The whole Act. |
60 & 61 Vict. c. 66. | The Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) (No. 2) Act 1897. | The whole Act. |
61 & 62 Vict. c. 37. | The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. | In section 69 the word “assizes” and the words “justices, general, quarter or petty sessions”. |
1 Edw. 7. c. 17. | The Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1901. | The whole Act. |
6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 46. | The Law and Procedure (Emergency Provisions) (Ireland) Act 1916. | The whole Act. |
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 67. | The Government of Ireland Act 1920. | Sections 38 and 40. |
In section 4(1) the words from “Provided that” to the end. | ||
Sections 44, 46 and 50. | ||
Schedule 7. | ||
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 81. | The Administration of Justice Act 1920. | Sections 11 and 12(2) as they apply to Northern Ireland. |
13 Geo. 5. Sess. 2. c. 2. | The Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922. | Paragraph 6 of Schedule 1. |
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 44. | The Supreme Court of Judiature of Northern Ireland Act 1926. | The whole Act. |
22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 11. | The Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1932. | Section 5. |
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 21. | The Northern Ireland Land Purchase (Winding Up) Act 1935. | Sections 2, 6(3), 7(1)(a), 8 and 9(4). |
6 & 7 Geo. 6. c. 2. | The Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) Act 1942. | The whole Act. |
8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 12. | The Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1945. | Section 8. |
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 68. | The Representation of the People Act 1949. | Section 111(1) and (4) as it applies to Northern Ireland. |
Section 160 as it applies to Northern Ireland. | ||
14 Geo. 6. c. 27. | The Arbitration Act 1950 | Section 42(4). |
14 Geo. 6. c. 37. | The Maintenance Orders Act 1950. | Section 13(2). |
15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 12. | The Judicial Offices (Salaries etc.) Act 1952. | Section 4(2). |
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 38. | The Supreme Court Officers (Pensions) Act 1954. | Section 4. |
3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 8. | The Northern Ireland Act 1955. | Section 2. |
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 46. | The Administration of Justice Act 1956. | In Part I of Schedule 1, paragraph 2 and in paragraph 3 the words “or the local court” wherever they occur and the words “or (where it has such jurisdiction) the local court” in sub-paragraph (4). |
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 65. | The Administration of Jusitce Act 1960. | Sections 1 to 6, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17(1), (3) and (4) and 18(3) as they apply to Northern Ireland. |
In Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 3 in Part I and Part II except so much thereof as modifies sections 12 and 14. | ||
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 30. | The Northern Ireland Act 1962. | Sections 1 to 5 and 7 to 11. |
Schedule 1. | ||
1965 c. 2. | The Administration of Justice Act 1965. | Sections 30, 32 and 33. |
1967 c. 80. | The Criminal Justice Act 1967. | Section 106(3)(d). |
In Schedule 4, paragraphs 25 and 27, and in paragraph 26 the words “and also as it applies to Northern Ireland”. | ||
1968 c. 5. | The Administration of Justice Act 1968. | Section 1(1)(d) and (6). |
1968 c. 21. | The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968. | In section 14(2) the words from “The powers of” to the end. |
In section 30(2) the words “of Appeal”. | ||
In section 46(2)(b) the words “of assize or county court” in the second place where they occur. | ||
Section 49(1). | ||
In section 49(3) the words “under section 7(1) of the said Act of 1962 by virtue of subsection (1) of this section”. | ||
In section 50(1) the definitions of “county court”, “the Lord Chief Justice” and “the Supreme Court”. | ||
In section 53(1) the words in brackets. | ||
Section 53(2). | ||
Section 54. | ||
Part I of Schedule 3. | ||
Schedules 4 and 5. | ||
1968 c. 63. | The Domestic and Appellate Proceedings (Restriction of Publicity) Act 1968. | In section 4(2) the words “a Divisional Court of the Queen’s Bench Division of”. |
1969 c. 12. | The Genocide Act 1969. | Section 1(5). |
1969 c. 58. | The Adminstration of Justice Act 1969. | In section 12, as it applies to Northern Ireland, subsection (2)(b) and in subsection (8) the words “or commissioner” and “or paragraph (b)”. |
Section 16(2). | ||
In Schedule 1 the entry relating to the Northern Ireland Act 1962. | ||
1970 c. 9. | The Taxes Management Act 1970. | In Schedule 4, paragraph 13. |
1973 c. 15. | The Administration of Justice Act 1973. | In section 18(2)(b) the words “a divisional court of the Queen’s Bench Division of”. |
1973 c. 36. | The Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973. | In paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 the words “the Court of Criminal Appeal in Northern Ireland”. |
1974 c. 6. | The Biological Weapons Act 1974. | Section 2(2). |
1975 c. 24. | The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975. | In Part III of Schedule 1 the entry relating to an officer of or attached to the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland. |
1975 c. 25. | The Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975. | In Part III of Schedule 1 the entry relating to an officer of or attached to the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland. |
1975 c.34. | The Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975. | In section 4 the words “and High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland”. |
1977 c. 38. | The Administration of Justice Act 1977. | In Part III of Schedule 2, paragraph 12. |
1978 c. 5. | The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978. | Section 34(1). |
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