Part X U.K. General and Supplementary

General U.K.

[F1 110 Jurisdiction of magistrates' courts in Northern Ireland. U.K.

(1) In Northern Ireland, a friendly society or an officer of a friendly society may be prosecuted for a summary offence under this Act before a magistrates' court acting for the county court division in which the registered office of the society is situated.

(2) Subsection (1) is without prejudice to the provisions of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 as to the jurisdiction of a magistrates' court.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 110 substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 357; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)