The County Court (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016

Made: 6th July 2016

Coming into operation in accordance with Rule 1

The County Court Rules Committee makes the following rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 47 of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980[^f00001].

Citation and commencement

1

These Rules may be cited as the County Court (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 and shall come into operation on the same day as section 1 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015[^f00002].

Amendment to the Water Supplies and Sewerage (Northern Ireland) County Court Rules 1955

2

The Water Supplies and Sewerage (Northern Ireland) County Court Rules 1955[^f00003] are amended as follows—

• (1) Omit rule 6.

• (2) In the First Schedule—

• (a) in Forms 1 to 6a, in the heading, omit “for the County of …” and “Division of …”; and

• (b) in Forms 1, 3, 5 and 5a, after “County Court Judge”, omit for “for the County of …”.

Amendment to the County Court (Summoning of Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings and Appeals) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1966

3

The County Court (Summoning of Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings and Appeals) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1966[^f00004] are amended as follows—

• (1) In rule 8, in paragraph (b), for “county”, substitute “administrative”.

• (2) In the Schedule, in Forms 1 to 3, in the heading, omit “Division of”.

Amendment to the County Court (Affidavit of Service) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1972

4

In the Schedule to the County Court (Affidavit of Service) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1972[^f00005] omit “for the County [Borough]”.

Signed

David K McFarland — Ruth Collins — Sharon Hughes — Patrick Mallarkey — Dated 6th July 2016

In the exercise of the powers conferred by Article 47(4) of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980, I allow these Rules.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 19th July 2016

Claire Sugden — Minister of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Rules amend—

• the Water Supplies and Sewerage (Northern Ireland) County Court Rules 1955 (S.R.& O. 1955 No. 56);

• the County Court (Summoning of Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings and Appeals) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1966 (S.R.& O. 1966 No. 257); and

• the County Court (Affidavit of Service) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1972 (S.R. 1972 No. 280)

to take account of Part 1 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 which creates a single jurisdiction for county courts and magistrates’ courts whereby the jurisdiction and powers of those courts are exercisable throughout the whole of Northern Ireland.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3), to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4); and paragraph 33 of Schedule 17 to, and paragraph 118 of Schedule 18 to, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)

[^f00002]: 2015 c.9 (N.I.)

[^f00003]: S.R. & O. 1955 No. 56

[^f00004]: S.R. & O. 1966 No. 257

[^f00005]: S.R. 1972 No. 280