Administration of Justice Act 1969
Act not in force at Royal Assent see s. 36(5); Act wholly in force at 1.1.1970 The text of sections 12–16, 20, 21, 29, 34, 36 was taken from SIF group 37 (Courts: Supreme Court, England and Wales); the text of sections 12–16, 20, 21, 29, 34, 36 was taken from group 38 (Courts: Supreme Court, Northern Ireland) ; provisions omitted from S.I.F. have been dealt with as referred to in other commentary For the extent of this Act, in relation to the Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Colonies, see s. 36 Ss. 1–9, 11 repealed by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(3), Sch. 4 S. 10 repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53, SIF 37), s. 75(1), Sch. 9 Pt. I Ss. 1–9, 11 repealed by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(3), Sch. 4 Pt. 2 heading substituted (1.10.2009) by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d) Words in s. 12(1)(a) inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 63(2)(a), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 52 (with Sch. 2 para. 2) Words in s. 12 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(3); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d) S. 12(1)(c) and word omitted (13.4.2015) by virtue of Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 63(2)(b), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 52 (with Sch. 2 para. 2) Words repealed (E.W.) by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7 S. 12(2)(b) repealed (E.W) by Courts Act 1971 (c.23), Sch. 11 Pt.IV and (N.I.) with saving by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 13, Sch. 7 Pt. I S. 12(3A) inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 63(3), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 52 (with Sch. 2 para. 2) Words repealed (E.W) by Courts Act 1971 (c.23), Sch. 11 Pt.IV and (N.I.) with saving by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 13, Sch. 7 Pt. I Words in s. 13 sidenote and s. 13(1) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(4)(a); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d) Words in s. 13(2) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(4)(b); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d) S. 13(4) repealed (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 146, 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(4)(c), {Sch. 18 Pt. 5)}; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)(f) S. 14 repealed (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 146, 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(5), {Sch. 18 Pt. 5)}; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)(f) S. 15(2)(a) repealed (E.W.) by Administration of Justice Act 1977 (c. 38), Sch. 5 Pt. IV Words in s. 15(2)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(6); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d) Words substituted by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122(1), Sch. 5 Pt. II(1), Sch. 6 para. 13 S. 16(1A) inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 63(4), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 52 (with Sch. 2 para. 2) S. 16(2) repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23), s. 123(2), Sch. 7 Ss. 17–19 repealed by Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20, SIF 85), ss. 75(1), 134, 148, Sch. 6 S. 20(1)–(4)(6) repealed (E.W.) by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(3), Sch. 4 Words substituted by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122(1), Sch. 5 Pt. II(1), Sch. 6 para. 13 S. 21(1)–(3)(5) repealed (E.W.) by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7 Words substituted by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122(1), Sch. 5 Pt. II(1), Sch. 6 para. 13 S. 22 repealed and superseded (E.W.) in relation to the High Court and county courts by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53, SIF 37), s. 15(4)(5) Ss. 23, 25, 26 repealed by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7 Words repealed by Patents Act 1977 (c. 37), s. 132, Sch. 6 Ss. 23, 25, 26 repealed by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7 S. 27(1) repealed (E.W.) by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7 S. 27(2)(5)–(7), 28, 35(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I S. 27(3) repealed (N.I.) by S.I. 1979/1575, s. 1(2), Sch. 3 S. 27(4) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I and expressed to be repealed (N.I.) by S.I. 1979/1575, s. 1(2), Sch. 3 S. 27(2)(5)–(7), 28, 35(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I S. 29 repealed (1.7.1991) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), ss. 57(3)(f)(11), 125(6)(7), Sch. 20 (with saving in Sch. 19 para. 13(1)); S.I. 1991/1364, art. 2,Sch. S. 31 repealed by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), s. 36(2), Sch. 4 S. 32 repealed by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 11 Pt. II S. 33 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), s. 42, Sch. 6 Pt. I Words repealed (E.W.) in their application to section 20 as regards rules of court under section 99 of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7 and in their application to section 20 as regards county court rules under section 102 of the County Courts Act 1959 by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(3), Sch. 4 Words repealed (E.W.) and superseded by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53, SIF 37), s. 15(5)(b)(ii) S. 27(2)(5)–(7), 28, 35(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Figure repealed by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), s. 36(2), Sch. 4 Words repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I S. 36(5)(6) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 4 Sch. 1: entry relating to "Settled Land Act 1925" repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 4 Sch. 1: entry relating to the Solicitors Act 1957 repealed by Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47), s. 89(2), Sch. 4 Sch. 1: entry relating to "County Courts Act 1959" repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 4 Sch. 1: entry relating to Northern Ireland Act 1962 repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 13, Sch. 7 Pt. I Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), Sch. 1 Pt. I Pt. II applied by Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9), s. 56(8) S. 15(2) excluded by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27, SIF 45:3), s. 6(2) S. 15(2) excluded (1.3.2002) by S.I. 2001/3929, arts. 1(b), 3, Sch. 1 para. 4(2) S. 21 amended by Administration of Justice Act 1970 (c. 31), s. 35(2)(3) (Administration of Justice Act 1970 (c.31, SIF 37), s. 35 repealed so far as it relates to the High Court and county courts in England and Wales) by Supreme Courts Act 1981 (c.54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7) S. 21 extended (temp. for a period of 12 months beginning with 22.3.1990: S.I. 1990/675; and for a further period of 12 months beginning with 22.3.1991: S.I. 1991/549, 779) by Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (c.4, SIF 39:2), s. 13(8), Sch. 4 para. 29(6) S. 21 extended (prosp.) by 2000 c. 11, ss. 23, 128, Sch. 4 para. 43(6)(b) S. 21 extended (13.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3927, art. 26 The text of s. 24 does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. The text of ss. 27(1), 30, 35(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. The text of ss. 27(1), 30, 35(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. The text of ss. 27(1), 30, 35(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. The text of Sch. 1 does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. 1925 c. 49. 1965 c.72. 1978 c. 23. 1965 c. 72. 1939 c. 13 (N.I.). 1959 c. 22. 1978 c. 23. 1959 c. 22. 1978 c. 23. 1949 c.88. 1965 c.74. 1925 c. 49. 1947 c. 44. 1934 c. 41. 1947 c. 44. An Act to increase the jurisdiction of county courts and to amend the County Courts Act 1959; to make further provision for appeals from the High Court (whether in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland) to the House of Lords; to enable wills and codicils to be made for mentally disordered persons; to make provision for interim payments to be made where proceedings are pending, and for conferring powers to be exercisable by the court before the commencement of an action, and to make further provision with respect to interest on damages; to enable any jurisdiction of the High Court to be assigned to two or more Divisions concurrently; to enable the Appeal Tribunals under the Patents Act 1949 and the Registered Designs Act 1949 to consist of two or more judges; to change the title and qualification of clerks to registrars of the Chancery Division; to make further provision with respect to miscellaneous matters, that is to say, certain employments in the offices of the Supreme Court, records of grants of probate and grants of administration and the making of second and subsequent grants, admission as a public notary, pension rights and related matters in connection with certain judicial offices, and the stipend and fees of the Chancellor of the County Palatine of Durham; to extend the legislative power of the Parliament of Northern Ireland with respect to grand juries and indictments; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
In the following provisions of the principal Act, that is to say, section 41 (abandonment of part of claim to give court jurisdiction), section 45(2) (transfer of actions of contract or tort from High Court to county court), section 68 (transfer of interpleader proceedings from High Court to county court), section 80 (actions by persons under 21 for payment of remuneration) and section 146 (transfer from High Court of applications to attach debts or levy executions against members of firms), and, in Schedule 1 to that Act, in the entry relating to section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925, for each reference to five hundred pounds there shall be substituted the words " £750 ".
In section 44 of the principal Act, in subsection (1), for the words " forty pounds " there shall be substituted the words " £100 ", and in subsection (2), for the words from " the amount claimed and the costs of trial" to the end of paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the words " such amount as the registrar may determine, and ".
In section 47 of the principal Act (costs of actions of contract or tort commenced in High Court which could have been commenced in county court), in subsection (1).— and after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection:—
the words " and the action is not referred for trial to an official referee " shall cease to have effect;
in paragraph (a), for the reference to four hundred pounds there shall be substituted the words " £500 "; and
in paragraph (b), for the words " seventy-five pounds " there shall be substituted the words " £100 ",
Subsection (4) of the said section 47 shall cease to have effect.
In section 60 of the principal Act (costs of certain Admiralty proceedings commenced in High Court which could have been commenced in county court), in subsection (3), for the words " seventy-five pounds " there shall be substituted the words " £100 ".
In section 52(1) of the principal Act (equity jurisdiction) and in Schedule 1 to that Act (excluding the entry in that Schedule relating to section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925) for the words " five hundred pounds", in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words " £5,000 ", and for the words " thirty pounds ", in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words " £300 ".
In section 74 of the principal Act the words " in any proceedings before it " shall cease to have effect, and at the end of that section there shall be added the following subsection:—
In section 89 of the principal Act, in paragraph (c), for the words " but not a solicitor retained as an advocate by a; solicitor so acting " there shall be substituted the words " (in this paragraph referred to as a ' solicitor on the record '), any solicitor employed by a solicitor on the record, any solicitor engaged as an agent by a solicitor on the record and any solicitor employed by a solicitor so engaged " , and paragraph (i) of the proviso shall be omitted.
At the end of the said section 89 there shall be added the following subsections:—
In section 91 of the principal Act, at the beginning of subsection (2) there shall be inserted the words " Subject to the next following subsection " , and after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection:—
In section 102 of the principal Act (county court rules), in subsection (3)(c)(iii) (under which county court rules may authorise the registrar, by leave of the judge and in the absence of objection by the parties, to hear and determine actions in which the sum claimed or the amount involved does not exceed £30), for the words " thirty pounds " there shall be substituted the words " £75 ".
For paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of the said section 102 (under which rules may authorise a judge of county courts in certain circumstances to direct that the hearing in proceedings pending in one of his courts shall take place in the court for another district of which he is the judge) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
After paragraph (e) of subsection (3) of the said section 102 there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—.
For subsection (1) of section 192 of the principal Act (which enables the limits specified in certain provisions of that Act and in section 73(2) of the Solicitors Act 1957 to be raised by Order in Council to an extent specified in that subsection), there shall be substituted the following subsection:—
For subsection (2) of the said section 192 (which specifies the enactments in relation to which the power conferred by subsection (1) is exercisable) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—.
In section 36(1) of the principal Act (which provides for the holding of additional courts at places where an office is kept open by the registrar) the words " at which an office is kept open by the registrar " shall cease to have effect.
Section 46 of the principal Act (transfer from High Court to county court of actions of tort where plaintiff impecunious) shall cease to have effect.
In sections 31(3) and 84(1) of the principal Act (each of which provides for a fine not exceeding £10) for the words "ten pounds" there shall be substituted the words " £50 ".
In section 95(4) of the principal Act (under which a person summoned as a juror and failing to attend may forfeit a sum not exceeding £5) for the words " five pounds" there shall be substituted the words " £20 ".
Where on the application of any of the parties to any proceedings to which this section applies the judge is satisfied— the judge, subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Act, may grant a certificate to that effect.
that the relevant conditions are fulfilled in relation to his decision in those proceedings or that the conditions in subsection (3A) (“the alternative conditions”) are satisfied in relation to those proceedings, and
that a sufficient case for an appeal to the Supreme Court under this Part of this Act has been made out to justify an application for leave to bring such an appeal, ...
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This section applies to any civil proceedings in the High Court which are either—
proceedings before a single judge of the High Court (including a person acting as such a judge under section 3 of the Judicature Act 1925), or
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proceedings before a Divisional Court.
Subject to any Order in Council made under the following provisions of this section, for the purposes of this section the relevant conditions, in relation to a decision of the judge in any proceedings, are that a point of law of general public importance is involved in that decision and that that point of law either—
relates wholly or mainly to the construction of an enactment or of a statutory instrument, and has been fully argued in the proceedings and fully considered in the judgment of the judge in the proceedings, or
is one in respect of which the judge is bound by a decision of the Court of Appeal or of the Supreme Court in previous proceedings, and was fully considered in the judgments given by the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court (as the case may be) in those previous proceedings.
Any application for a certificate under this section shall be made to the judge immediately after he gives judgment in the proceedings: Provided that the judge may in any particular case entertain any such application made at any later time before the end of the period of fourteen days beginning with the date on which that judgment is given or such other period as may be prescribed by rules of court.
The alternative conditions, in relation to a decision of the judge in any proceedings, are that a point of law of general public importance is involved in the decision and that—
the proceedings entail a decision relating to a matter of national importance or consideration of such a matter,
the result of the proceedings is so significant (whether considered on its own or together with other proceedings or likely proceedings) that, in the opinion of the judge, a hearing by the Supreme Court is justified, or
the judge is satisfied that the benefits of earlier consideration by the Supreme Court outweigh the benefits of consideration by the Court of Appeal.
No appeal shall lie against the grant or refusal of a certificate under this section.
Her Majesty may by Order in Council amend subsection (3) of this section by altering, deleting, or substituting one or more new paragraphs for, either or both of paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection, or by adding one or more further paragraphs.
Any Order in Council made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
In this Part of this Act “civil proceedings” means any proceedings other than proceedings in a criminal cause or matter, and “the judge”, in relation to any proceedings to which this section applies, means the judge . . . referred to in paragraph (a) . . . of subsection (2) of this section, or the Divisional Court referred to in paragraph (c) of that subsection, as the case may be.
Where in any proceedings the judge grants a certificate under section 12 of this Act, then, at any time within one month from the date on which that certificate is granted or such extended time as in any particular case the Supreme Court may allow, any of the parties to the proceedings may make an application to the Supreme Court under this section.
Subject to the following provisions of this section, if on such an application it appears to the Supreme Court to be expedient to do so, the Supreme Court may grant leave for an appeal to be brought directly to the Supreme Court; and where leave is granted under this section—
no appeal from the decision of the judge to which the certificate relates shall lie to the Court of Appeal, but
an appeal shall lie from that decision to the Supreme Court.
Applications under this section shall be determined without a hearing.
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shall direct that the committee shall consist of or include not less than three of the persons designated as Lords of Appeal in accordance with section 5 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876, and
may direct that the decision of the committee on any such application shall be taken on behalf of the House.
Without prejudice to subsection (2) of this section, no appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from a decision of the judge in respect of which a certificate is granted under section 12 of this Act until—
the time within which an application can be made under this section has expired, and
where such an application is made, that application has been determined in accordance with the preceding provisions of this section.
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section 4 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 (which provides for the bringing of appeals to the House of Lords by way of petition),
section 5 of that Act (which regulates the composition of the House for the hearing and determination of appeals), and
except in so far as those orders otherwise provide, any orders of the House of Lords made with respect to the matters specified in section 11 of that Act (which relates to the procedure on appeals),
No certificate shall be granted under section 12 of this Act in respect of a decision of the judge in any proceedings where by virtue of any enactment, apart from the provisions of this Part of this Act, no appeal would lie from that decision to the Court of Appeal, with or without the leave of the judge or of the Court of Appeal.
No certificate shall be granted under section 12 of this Act in respect of a decision of the judge where—
the decision is in proceedings other than proceedings under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1965, and
by virtue of any enactment, apart from the provisions of this Part of this Act, no appeal would (with or without the leave of the Court of Appeal or of the Supreme Court) lie from any decision of the Court of Appeal on an appeal from the decision of the judge.
Where by virtue of any enactment, apart from the provisions of this Part of this Act, no appeal would lie to the Court of Appeal from the decision of the judge except with the leave of the judge or of the Court of Appeal, no certificate shall be granted under section 12 of this Act in respect of that decision unless it appears to the judge that apart from the provisions of this Part of this Act it would be a proper case for granting such leave.
No certificate shall be granted under section 12 of this Act where the decision of the judge, or any order made by him in pursuance of that decision, is made in the exercise of jurisdiction to punish for contempt of court.
In the application of this Part of this Act to Northern Ireland—
" the Court of Appeal " means Her Majesty's Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland ;
“the Court of Appeal” means Her Majesty’s Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland;
" the High Court " means the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland;
“the High Court” means the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland;
" statutory instrument " includes an instrument made under an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland;
“statutory instrument” includes an instrument made under an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland;
for the references in section 12(2) to sections 3 and 70 of the Judicature Act 1925 there shall be substituted respectively references to section 5(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1962 and to sections 29 and 41 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877 ; and
for the references in section 12(2) to section 3 of the Judicature Act 1925 there shall be substituted a reference to sections 6 and 7 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978; and
for the reference in section 15(2)(a) to the Matrimonial Causes Act 1965 there shall be substituted a reference to the Matrimonial Causes Act (Northern Ireland) 1939 or any enactment re-enacting that Act (whether with or without modifications).
Section 35(1). Enactment Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Patents Act 1949 (12, 13 and 14 Geo. 6. c. 87) In section 101(1), for the definition of “Appeal Tribunal" there shall be substituted the words, “Appeal Tribunal" means the Appeal Tribunal constituted and acting in accordance with section 85 of this Act as amended by the Administration of Justice Act 1969. The Registered Designs Act 1949 (12, 13 and 14 Geo. 6. c. 88) In section 44(1), for the definition of “Appeal Tribunal" there shall be substituted the words “Appeal Tribunal" means the Appeal Tribunal constituted and acting in accordance with section 28 of this Act as amended by the Administration of Justice Act 1969. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Superannuation Act 1965 (1965 c.74) In section 97(1)(a) after the word “offices" there shall be inserted the words “(including section 39A of this Act)".
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Chapter Short Title Extent of Repeal 20 & 21 Vict. c. 79. The Probates and Letters of Administration Act (Ireland) 1857. Section 73. 15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 49. The Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925. In section 106(1) the words "or in any clerkship in the central office ". Section 117. In section 126(2) the words " of not less than two years' standing ". In section 128(1)(b) the words " section three of that Act (which provides for the application of the Act to existing male civil servants)". Section 153. 14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 11. The Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act 1950. In Schedule 2, in the entry relating to the County Courts Act 1934, the words from " and in Part II" to the end of the entry. 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 51. The Public Records Act 1958. Section 8(3). 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 22. The County Courts Act 1959. In section 36(1) the words " at which an office is kept open by the registrar ". Section 46. In section 47(1), the words " and the action is not referred for trial to an official referee ". Section 47(4). In section 74, the words " in any proceedings before it". In section 89, paragraph (i) of the proviso. 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72. The Mental Health Act 1959. In section 107(1), the words " or any codicil thereto ". 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 30. The Northern Ireland Act 1962. In Schedule 1, the entry relating to section 73 of the Probates and Letters of Administration Act (Ireland) 1857. 1967 c. 28. The Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967. In section 3(4), sub-paragraphs (v), (ix), (xi) and (xii) of paragraph (a), and paragraph
No. Title Extent of Repeal S.I. 1965 No. 2141. The County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1965. The whole Order.
for the reference in section 15(2)(a) to the Matrimonial Causes Act 1965 there shall be substituted a reference to the Matrimonial Causes Act (Northern Ireland) 1939 or any enactment re-enacting that Act (whether with or without modifications).
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any enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland having effect after the commencement of this Act by virtue of section 1(8) or section 2(3) of the Northern Ireland Act 1962, or
paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 1 to the Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922 (Session 2) (appeals to the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland where validity of Acts of the Northern Ireland Parliament is involved and an appeal would not otherwise lie).
In the application of this Part of this Act to Northern Ireland, section 12 has effect as if—
in subsection (1)(a) there were omitted “or that the conditions in subsection (3A) (“the alternative conditions”) are satisfied in relation to those proceedings”;
after subsection (1)(b) there were inserted, and ;
subsection (3A) were omitted.
In the Mental Health Act 1959 (in this Part of this Act referred to as " the principal Act"), in section 103(1) (powers of the judge as to patient's property and affairs) the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (d):—.
At the end of section 103(3) of the principal Act there shall be inserted the words "and the power of the judge to make or give an order, direction or authority for the execution of a will for a patient—
shall not be exercisable at any time when the patient is an infant, and
shall not be exercised unless the judge has reason to believe that the patient is incapable of making a valid will for himself ".
The following section shall be inserted in the principal Act after section 103:—
In section 107 of the principal Act (preservation of interests in patient's property), in subsection (3), after the words "or other dealing" there shall be inserted the words " (otherwise than by will) ".
In section 117 of the principal Act (reciprocal arrangements in relation to Scotland and Northern Ireland as to exercise of powers), after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—.
In section 119 of the principal Act (interpretation of Part VIII), at the end of subsection (1) there shall be inserted the words " ' will' includes a codicil ".
The power to make rules of court under section 99 of the Judicature Act 1925, and the power to make county court rules under section 102 of the County Courts Act 1959, shall each include power by any such rules to make provision for enabling the court in which any proceedings are pending, in such circumstances as may be specified in the rules, to make an order requiring a party to the proceedings to make an interim payment of such amount as may be specified in the order, either by payment into court or (if the order so provides) by paying it to another party to the proceedings.
Where any such rules make provision in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, the rules may include provision for enabling a party to any proceedings who, in pursuance of such an order, has made an interim payment to recover the whole or part of the amount of the payment in such circumstances, and from such other party to the proceedings, as may be determined in accordance with the rules.
Any rules made by virtue of this section may include such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as the authority making the rules may consider necessary or expedient.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the exercise of any power relating to costs, including any power to make rules of court or county court rules relating to costs.
In its application to Northern Ireland, this section shall have effect as if for the reference to section 99 of the Judicature Act 1925 there were substituted a reference to section 55 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, and as if any reference to county court rules were omitted.
In this section “interim payment”, in relation to a party to any proceedings, means a payment on account of any damages, debt or other sum (excluding any costs) which that party may be held liable to pay to or for the benefit of another party to the proceedings if a final judgment or order of the court in the proceedings is given or made in favour of that other party; and any reference to a party to any proceedings includes a reference to any person who for the purposes of the proceedings acts as next friend or guardian of a party to the proceedings.
On the application of any person in accordance with rules of court, the High Court shall, in such circumstances as may be specified in the rules, have power to make an order providing for any one or more of the following matters, that is to say—
the inspection, photographing, preservation, custody and detention of property which appears to the court to be property which may become the subject-matter of subsequent proceedings in the court, or as to which any question may arise in any such proceedings, and
the taking of samples of any such property as is mentioned in the preceding paragraph and the carrying out of any experiment on or with any such property.
The power to make rules of court under section 99 of the Judicature Act 1925 shall include power to make rules of court as to the manner in which an application for such an order can be made, and as to the circumstances in which such an order can be made; and any such rules may include such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as the authority making the rules may consider necessary or expedient.
The preceding provisions of this section shall have effect in relation to county courts in England and Wales as they have effect in relation to the High Court, as if in those provisions references to rules of court and to section 99 of the Judicature Act 1925 included references to county court rules and to section 102 of the County Courts Act 1959.
In the application of this section to Northern Ireland, “the High Court” means the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland, the reference in subsection (2) to section 99 of the Judicature Act 1925 shall be construed as a reference to section 55 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, and subsection (3) shall be omitted.
In this section “property” includes any land, chattel or other corporeal property of any description.
Section 57 of the Judicature Act 1925 (which enables the Lord Chancellor by order to direct that any jurisdiction of the High Court which by any enactment, rule or order is assigned to any Division shall be assigned to another Division) shall be amended as follows.
In subsection (1) for the words " shall, notwithstanding that enactment, rule or order, be assigned to such other Division as may be specified in the order and shall be exercised either by any special judge or judges or by all the judges of that other Division " there shall be substituted the words—.
In the proviso to subsection (1) (which precludes the making of an order under that subsection except with the concurrence of the president of the Division to which the jurisdiction is at the time assigned and of the president of the Division to which the jurisdiction is to be transferred)—
for the words " the Division ", in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words " any Division ";
after the words " to which the jurisdiction is to be transferred " there shall be inserted the words " or with which it is to be shared ".
In subsection (2) (which enables the Lord Chancellor, in cases where there is under any enactment a right of appeal from the county court to the High Court or to any Division, by order to direct to which Division the appeal shall lie) for the words " to which Division " there shall be substituted the words " to which Division or Divisions ".
Section . . . 28 of the Registered Designs Act 1949( . . . which provides for an Appeal Tribunal) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this section.
For subsection (2) . . . (which provides that the Appeal Tribunal shall be a judge of the High Court nominated by the Lord Chancellor) there shall be substituted the following subsections:—.
After subsection (8) . . . (which empowers the Appeal Tribunal to make rules) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—.
For the purposes of this section the seniority of judges shall be reckoned by reference to the dates on which they were appointed judges of the High Court respectively
The clerks to the registrars of the Chancery Division of the High Court shall cease to be called by that name and shall instead be called assistant registrars; and accordingly—
in section 123 of the Judicature Act 1925, for the words " clerks to the registrars " and " clerks ", wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words " assistant registrars " , and
in section 126(2) of that Act, for the words " clerks to the registrars" and " clerk to the registrars" there shall be substituted respectively the words " assistant registrars " and " assistant registrar ".
A solicitor shall be qualified to be appointed as an assistant registrar of the Chancery Division of the High Court notwithstanding that he is of less than two years' standing; and accordingly in section 126(2) of the Judicature Act 1925 the words " of not less than two years' standing " shall cease to have effect.
In section 106 of the Judicature Act 1925 (appointment and removal of officers), in subsection (1) (under which the right to fill certain vacancies may be exercised by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in rotation) the words " or in any clerkship in the central office " shall cease to have effect, and after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—.
Section 117 of the Judicature Act 1925 (notice of vacancies in offices) shall cease to have effect.
In section 128(1)(b) of the Judicature Act 1925 (which relates to the Superannuation Act 1909) the words " section three of that Act (which provides for the application of the Act to existing male civil servants)" shall cease to have effect.
The following section shall be substituted for section 156 of the Judicature Act 1925:—
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may direct that the copy shall be removed to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, or
in the case of a copy of a calendar prepared under the said section 45, may, with the agreement of the authority responsible for the management of the place in question, direct that it shall be removed to such place in Scotland as may be specified in the direction.
Any direction under subsection (5) of this section may be given either in respect of a particular copy to which that subsection is applicable or in respect of a class of such copies.
In relation to copies of calendars prepared as mentioned in subsection (5) of this section which— the Public Records Act (Northern Ireland) 1923 shall have effect as it has effect in relation to documents which are Northern Ireland records within the meaning of that Act and which have been removed to that Office in accordance with that Act.
are removed to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in pursuance of a direction given under that subsection, or
have been removed to that Office before the commencement of this Act,
In the Superannuation Act 1965 the following section shall be inserted after section 39:—
In Schedule 1 to the Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act 1950, before the entry " Clerk of Assize " there shall be inserted the entries " Registrar of Criminal Appeals " and " Assistant Registrar of Criminal Appeals ".
In section 3 of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 (effect of pension in respect of public office on remuneration in judicial or related office), in subsection (4) (which specifies the offices to which that section applies), after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—.
For paragraphs 1 to 3 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the County Courts Act 1934 (which prescribe the maximum superannuation allowances of registrars of county courts and, by virtue of section 25(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1956, apply also to the superannuation allowances of assistant registrars of county courts) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—.
abolishing grand juries, ox
amending the law relating to the presentment of indictments,
In this Act “enactment", unless the context otherwise requires, includes an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, and “the Judicature Act 1925” means the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925.
Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.
Section 20 of this Act shall bind the Crown so far as (but no further than) any proceedings to which that section is applicable can be brought by or against the Crown in accordance with the Crown Proceedings Act 1947, and section 22 of this Act shall bind the Crown so far as (but no further than) by virtue of section 24(3) of that Act section 3 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934 applies to proceedings by or against the Crown.
Any power conferred on the Lord Chancellor by this Act to make an order shall include power to revoke or vary the order by a subsequent order.
Any power of the Lord Chancellor to make an order under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
In the application to Northern Ireland of so much of subsection (3) of this section as relates to section 20 of this Act, the reference to the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 is a reference to that Act as it applies in Northern Ireland in relation to the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and in right of Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland.
The enactments specified in Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in that Schedule, being minor amendments and amendments consequential upon the preceding provisions of this Act.
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This Act may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act 1969.
This Act (except section 24, subsections (1) and (2) of section 27, sections 30, . . . , 34, 35 and this section and Schedules 1 and 2) shall not extend to Scotland.
This Act (except Part II and sections 20, 21, 24, 27, 30, . . . , . . . to 35 and this section and Schedules 1 and 2) shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
Section 24 of this Act shall extend to the Isle of Man.
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Act not in force at Royal Assent see s. 36(5); Act wholly in force at 1.1.1970 The text of sections 12–16, 20, 21, 29, 34, 36 was taken from SIF group 37 (Courts: Supreme Court, England and Wales); the text of sections 12–16, 20, 21, 29, 34, 36 was taken from group 38 (Courts: Supreme Court, Northern Ireland) ; provisions omitted from S.I.F. have been dealt with as referred to in other commentary For the extent of this Act, in relation to the Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Colonies, see s. 36 Ss. 1–9, 11 repealed by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(3), Sch. 4 S. 10 repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53, SIF 37), s. 75(1), Sch. 9 Pt. I Ss. 1–9, 11 repealed by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(3), Sch. 4 Pt. 2 heading substituted (1.10.2009) by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d) Words in s. 12(1)(a) inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 63(2)(a), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 52 (with Sch. 2 para. 2) Words in s. 12 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(3); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d) S. 12(1)(c) and word omitted (13.4.2015) by virtue of Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 63(2)(b), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 52 (with Sch. 2 para. 2) Words repealed (E.W.) by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7 S. 12(2)(b) repealed (E.W) by Courts Act 1971 (c.23), Sch. 11 Pt.IV and (N.I.) with saving by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 13, Sch. 7 Pt. I S. 12(3A) inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 63(3), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 52 (with Sch. 2 para. 2) Words repealed (E.W) by Courts Act 1971 (c.23), Sch. 11 Pt.IV and (N.I.) with saving by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 13, Sch. 7 Pt. I Words in s. 13 sidenote and s. 13(1) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(4)(a); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d) Words in s. 13(2) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(4)(b); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d) S. 13(4) repealed (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 146, 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(4)(c), {Sch. 18 Pt. 5)}; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)(f) S. 14 repealed (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 146, 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(5), {Sch. 18 Pt. 5)}; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)(f) S. 15(2)(a) repealed (E.W.) by Administration of Justice Act 1977 (c. 38), Sch. 5 Pt. IV Words in s. 15(2)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40(4), 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 20(6); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d) Words substituted by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122(1), Sch. 5 Pt. II(1), Sch. 6 para. 13 S. 16(1A) inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 63(4), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 52 (with Sch. 2 para. 2) S. 16(2) repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23), s. 123(2), Sch. 7 Ss. 17–19 repealed by Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20, SIF 85), ss. 75(1), 134, 148, Sch. 6 S. 20(1)–(4)(6) repealed (E.W.) by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(3), Sch. 4 Words substituted by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122(1), Sch. 5 Pt. II(1), Sch. 6 para. 13 S. 21(1)–(3)(5) repealed (E.W.) by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7 Words substituted by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122(1), Sch. 5 Pt. II(1), Sch. 6 para. 13 S. 22 repealed and superseded (E.W.) in relation to the High Court and county courts by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53, SIF 37), s. 15(4)(5) Ss. 23, 25, 26 repealed by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7 Words repealed by Patents Act 1977 (c. 37), s. 132, Sch. 6 Ss. 23, 25, 26 repealed by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7 S. 27(1) repealed (E.W.) by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7 S. 27(2)(5)–(7), 28, 35(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I S. 27(3) repealed (N.I.) by S.I. 1979/1575, s. 1(2), Sch. 3 S. 27(4) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I and expressed to be repealed (N.I.) by S.I. 1979/1575, s. 1(2), Sch. 3 S. 27(2)(5)–(7), 28, 35(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I S. 29 repealed (1.7.1991) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), ss. 57(3)(f)(11), 125(6)(7), Sch. 20 (with saving in Sch. 19 para. 13(1)); S.I. 1991/1364, art. 2,Sch. S. 31 repealed by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), s. 36(2), Sch. 4 S. 32 repealed by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 11 Pt. II S. 33 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), s. 42, Sch. 6 Pt. I Words repealed (E.W.) in their application to section 20 as regards rules of court under section 99 of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7 and in their application to section 20 as regards county court rules under section 102 of the County Courts Act 1959 by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(3), Sch. 4 Words repealed (E.W.) and superseded by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53, SIF 37), s. 15(5)(b)(ii) S. 27(2)(5)–(7), 28, 35(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Figure repealed by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), s. 36(2), Sch. 4 Words repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I S. 36(5)(6) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 4 Sch. 1: entry relating to "Settled Land Act 1925" repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 4 Sch. 1: entry relating to the Solicitors Act 1957 repealed by Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47), s. 89(2), Sch. 4 Sch. 1: entry relating to "County Courts Act 1959" repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 4 Sch. 1: entry relating to Northern Ireland Act 1962 repealed by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), s. 122(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 13, Sch. 7 Pt. I Sch. 2 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), Sch. 1 Pt. I Pt. II applied by Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9), s. 56(8) S. 15(2) excluded by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27, SIF 45:3), s. 6(2) S. 15(2) excluded (1.3.2002) by S.I. 2001/3929, arts. 1(b), 3, Sch. 1 para. 4(2) S. 21 amended by Administration of Justice Act 1970 (c. 31), s. 35(2)(3) (Administration of Justice Act 1970 (c.31, SIF 37), s. 35 repealed so far as it relates to the High Court and county courts in England and Wales) by Supreme Courts Act 1981 (c.54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7) S. 21 extended (temp. for a period of 12 months beginning with 22.3.1990: S.I. 1990/675; and for a further period of 12 months beginning with 22.3.1991: S.I. 1991/549, 779) by Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (c.4, SIF 39:2), s. 13(8), Sch. 4 para. 29(6) S. 21 extended (prosp.) by 2000 c. 11, ss. 23, 128, Sch. 4 para. 43(6)(b) S. 21 extended (13.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3927, art. 26 The text of s. 24 does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. The text of ss. 27(1), 30, 35(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. The text of ss. 27(1), 30, 35(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. The text of ss. 27(1), 30, 35(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. The text of Sch. 1 does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. 1925 c. 49. 1965 c.72. 1978 c. 23. 1965 c. 72. 1939 c. 13 (N.I.). 1959 c. 22. 1978 c. 23. 1959 c. 22. 1978 c. 23. 1949 c.88. 1965 c.74. 1925 c. 49. 1947 c. 44. 1934 c. 41. 1947 c. 44. An Act to increase the jurisdiction of county courts and to amend the County Courts Act 1959; to make further provision for appeals from the High Court (whether in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland) to the House of Lords; to enable wills and codicils to be made for mentally disordered persons; to make provision for interim payments to be made where proceedings are pending, and for conferring powers to be exercisable by the court before the commencement of an action, and to make further provision with respect to interest on damages; to enable any jurisdiction of the High Court to be assigned to two or more Divisions concurrently; to enable the Appeal Tribunals under the Patents Act 1949 and the Registered Designs Act 1949 to consist of two or more judges; to change the title and qualification of clerks to registrars of the Chancery Division; to make further provision with respect to miscellaneous matters, that is to say, certain employments in the offices of the Supreme Court, records of grants of probate and grants of administration and the making of second and subsequent grants, admission as a public notary, pension rights and related matters in connection with certain judicial offices, and the stipend and fees of the Chancellor of the County Palatine of Durham; to extend the legislative power of the Parliament of Northern Ireland with respect to grand juries and indictments; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
In the following provisions of the principal Act, that is to say, section 41 (abandonment of part of claim to give court jurisdiction), section 45(2) (transfer of actions of contract or tort from High Court to county court), section 68 (transfer of interpleader proceedings from High Court to county court), section 80 (actions by persons under 21 for payment of remuneration) and section 146 (transfer from High Court of applications to attach debts or levy executions against members of firms), and, in Schedule 1 to that Act, in the entry relating to section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925, for each reference to five hundred pounds there shall be substituted the words " £750 ".
In section 44 of the principal Act, in subsection (1), for the words " forty pounds " there shall be substituted the words " £100 ", and in subsection (2), for the words from " the amount claimed and the costs of trial" to the end of paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the words " such amount as the registrar may determine, and ".
In section 47 of the principal Act (costs of actions of contract or tort commenced in High Court which could have been commenced in county court), in subsection (1).— and after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection:—
the words " and the action is not referred for trial to an official referee " shall cease to have effect;
in paragraph (a), for the reference to four hundred pounds there shall be substituted the words " £500 "; and
in paragraph (b), for the words " seventy-five pounds " there shall be substituted the words " £100 ",
Subsection (4) of the said section 47 shall cease to have effect.
In section 60 of the principal Act (costs of certain Admiralty proceedings commenced in High Court which could have been commenced in county court), in subsection (3), for the words " seventy-five pounds " there shall be substituted the words " £100 ".
In section 52(1) of the principal Act (equity jurisdiction) and in Schedule 1 to that Act (excluding the entry in that Schedule relating to section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925) for the words " five hundred pounds", in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words " £5,000 ", and for the words " thirty pounds ", in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words " £300 ".
In section 74 of the principal Act the words " in any proceedings before it " shall cease to have effect, and at the end of that section there shall be added the following subsection:—
In section 89 of the principal Act, in paragraph (c), for the words " but not a solicitor retained as an advocate by a; solicitor so acting " there shall be substituted the words " (in this paragraph referred to as a ' solicitor on the record '), any solicitor employed by a solicitor on the record, any solicitor engaged as an agent by a solicitor on the record and any solicitor employed by a solicitor so engaged " , and paragraph (i) of the proviso shall be omitted.
At the end of the said section 89 there shall be added the following subsections:—
In section 91 of the principal Act, at the beginning of subsection (2) there shall be inserted the words " Subject to the next following subsection " , and after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection:—
In section 102 of the principal Act (county court rules), in subsection (3)(c)(iii) (under which county court rules may authorise the registrar, by leave of the judge and in the absence of objection by the parties, to hear and determine actions in which the sum claimed or the amount involved does not exceed £30), for the words " thirty pounds " there shall be substituted the words " £75 ".
For paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of the said section 102 (under which rules may authorise a judge of county courts in certain circumstances to direct that the hearing in proceedings pending in one of his courts shall take place in the court for another district of which he is the judge) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—
After paragraph (e) of subsection (3) of the said section 102 there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—.
For subsection (1) of section 192 of the principal Act (which enables the limits specified in certain provisions of that Act and in section 73(2) of the Solicitors Act 1957 to be raised by Order in Council to an extent specified in that subsection), there shall be substituted the following subsection:—
For subsection (2) of the said section 192 (which specifies the enactments in relation to which the power conferred by subsection (1) is exercisable) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—.
In section 36(1) of the principal Act (which provides for the holding of additional courts at places where an office is kept open by the registrar) the words " at which an office is kept open by the registrar " shall cease to have effect.
Section 46 of the principal Act (transfer from High Court to county court of actions of tort where plaintiff impecunious) shall cease to have effect.
In sections 31(3) and 84(1) of the principal Act (each of which provides for a fine not exceeding £10) for the words "ten pounds" there shall be substituted the words " £50 ".
In section 95(4) of the principal Act (under which a person summoned as a juror and failing to attend may forfeit a sum not exceeding £5) for the words " five pounds" there shall be substituted the words " £20 ".
Where on the application of any of the parties to any proceedings to which this section applies the judge is satisfied— the judge, subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Act, may grant a certificate to that effect.
that the relevant conditions are fulfilled in relation to his decision in those proceedings or that the conditions in subsection (3A) (“the alternative conditions”) are satisfied in relation to those proceedings, and
that a sufficient case for an appeal to the Supreme Court under this Part of this Act has been made out to justify an application for leave to bring such an appeal, ...
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This section applies to any civil proceedings in the High Court which are either—
proceedings before a single judge of the High Court (including a person acting as such a judge under section 3 of the Judicature Act 1925), or
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proceedings before a Divisional Court.
Subject to any Order in Council made under the following provisions of this section, for the purposes of this section the relevant conditions, in relation to a decision of the judge in any proceedings, are that a point of law of general public importance is involved in that decision and that that point of law either—
relates wholly or mainly to the construction of an enactment or of a statutory instrument, and has been fully argued in the proceedings and fully considered in the judgment of the judge in the proceedings, or
is one in respect of which the judge is bound by a decision of the Court of Appeal or of the Supreme Court in previous proceedings, and was fully considered in the judgments given by the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court (as the case may be) in those previous proceedings.
Any application for a certificate under this section shall be made to the judge immediately after he gives judgment in the proceedings: Provided that the judge may in any particular case entertain any such application made at any later time before the end of the period of fourteen days beginning with the date on which that judgment is given or such other period as may be prescribed by rules of court.
The alternative conditions, in relation to a decision of the judge in any proceedings, are that a point of law of general public importance is involved in the decision and that—
the proceedings entail a decision relating to a matter of national importance or consideration of such a matter,
the result of the proceedings is so significant (whether considered on its own or together with other proceedings or likely proceedings) that, in the opinion of the judge, a hearing by the Supreme Court is justified, or
the judge is satisfied that the benefits of earlier consideration by the Supreme Court outweigh the benefits of consideration by the Court of Appeal.
No appeal shall lie against the grant or refusal of a certificate under this section.
Her Majesty may by Order in Council amend subsection (3) of this section by altering, deleting, or substituting one or more new paragraphs for, either or both of paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection, or by adding one or more further paragraphs.
Any Order in Council made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
In this Part of this Act “civil proceedings” means any proceedings other than proceedings in a criminal cause or matter, and “the judge”, in relation to any proceedings to which this section applies, means the judge . . . referred to in paragraph (a) . . . of subsection (2) of this section, or the Divisional Court referred to in paragraph (c) of that subsection, as the case may be.
Where in any proceedings the judge grants a certificate under section 12 of this Act, then, at any time within one month from the date on which that certificate is granted or such extended time as in any particular case the Supreme Court may allow, any of the parties to the proceedings may make an application to the Supreme Court under this section.
Subject to the following provisions of this section, if on such an application it appears to the Supreme Court to be expedient to do so, the Supreme Court may grant leave for an appeal to be brought directly to the Supreme Court; and where leave is granted under this section—
no appeal from the decision of the judge to which the certificate relates shall lie to the Court of Appeal, but
an appeal shall lie from that decision to the Supreme Court.
Applications under this section shall be determined without a hearing.
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shall direct that the committee shall consist of or include not less than three of the persons designated as Lords of Appeal in accordance with section 5 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876, and
may direct that the decision of the committee on any such application shall be taken on behalf of the House.
Without prejudice to subsection (2) of this section, no appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from a decision of the judge in respect of which a certificate is granted under section 12 of this Act until—
the time within which an application can be made under this section has expired, and
where such an application is made, that application has been determined in accordance with the preceding provisions of this section.
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section 4 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 (which provides for the bringing of appeals to the House of Lords by way of petition),
section 5 of that Act (which regulates the composition of the House for the hearing and determination of appeals), and
except in so far as those orders otherwise provide, any orders of the House of Lords made with respect to the matters specified in section 11 of that Act (which relates to the procedure on appeals),
No certificate shall be granted under section 12 of this Act in respect of a decision of the judge in any proceedings where by virtue of any enactment, apart from the provisions of this Part of this Act, no appeal would lie from that decision to the Court of Appeal, with or without the leave of the judge or of the Court of Appeal.
No certificate shall be granted under section 12 of this Act in respect of a decision of the judge where—
the decision is in proceedings other than proceedings under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1965, and
by virtue of any enactment, apart from the provisions of this Part of this Act, no appeal would (with or without the leave of the Court of Appeal or of the Supreme Court) lie from any decision of the Court of Appeal on an appeal from the decision of the judge.
Where by virtue of any enactment, apart from the provisions of this Part of this Act, no appeal would lie to the Court of Appeal from the decision of the judge except with the leave of the judge or of the Court of Appeal, no certificate shall be granted under section 12 of this Act in respect of that decision unless it appears to the judge that apart from the provisions of this Part of this Act it would be a proper case for granting such leave.
No certificate shall be granted under section 12 of this Act where the decision of the judge, or any order made by him in pursuance of that decision, is made in the exercise of jurisdiction to punish for contempt of court.
In the application of this Part of this Act to Northern Ireland—
" the Court of Appeal " means Her Majesty's Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland ;
“the Court of Appeal” means Her Majesty’s Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland;
" the High Court " means the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland;
“the High Court” means the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland;
" statutory instrument " includes an instrument made under an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland;
“statutory instrument” includes an instrument made under an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland;
for the references in section 12(2) to sections 3 and 70 of the Judicature Act 1925 there shall be substituted respectively references to section 5(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1962 and to sections 29 and 41 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877 ; and
for the references in section 12(2) to section 3 of the Judicature Act 1925 there shall be substituted a reference to sections 6 and 7 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978; and
for the reference in section 15(2)(a) to the Matrimonial Causes Act 1965 there shall be substituted a reference to the Matrimonial Causes Act (Northern Ireland) 1939 or any enactment re-enacting that Act (whether with or without modifications).
Section 35(1). Enactment Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Patents Act 1949 (12, 13 and 14 Geo. 6. c. 87) In section 101(1), for the definition of “Appeal Tribunal" there shall be substituted the words, “Appeal Tribunal" means the Appeal Tribunal constituted and acting in accordance with section 85 of this Act as amended by the Administration of Justice Act 1969. The Registered Designs Act 1949 (12, 13 and 14 Geo. 6. c. 88) In section 44(1), for the definition of “Appeal Tribunal" there shall be substituted the words “Appeal Tribunal" means the Appeal Tribunal constituted and acting in accordance with section 28 of this Act as amended by the Administration of Justice Act 1969. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Superannuation Act 1965 (1965 c.74) In section 97(1)(a) after the word “offices" there shall be inserted the words “(including section 39A of this Act)".
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Chapter Short Title Extent of Repeal 20 & 21 Vict. c. 79. The Probates and Letters of Administration Act (Ireland) 1857. Section 73. 15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 49. The Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925. In section 106(1) the words "or in any clerkship in the central office ". Section 117. In section 126(2) the words " of not less than two years' standing ". In section 128(1)(b) the words " section three of that Act (which provides for the application of the Act to existing male civil servants)". Section 153. 14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 11. The Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act 1950. In Schedule 2, in the entry relating to the County Courts Act 1934, the words from " and in Part II" to the end of the entry. 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 51. The Public Records Act 1958. Section 8(3). 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 22. The County Courts Act 1959. In section 36(1) the words " at which an office is kept open by the registrar ". Section 46. In section 47(1), the words " and the action is not referred for trial to an official referee ". Section 47(4). In section 74, the words " in any proceedings before it". In section 89, paragraph (i) of the proviso. 7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72. The Mental Health Act 1959. In section 107(1), the words " or any codicil thereto ". 10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 30. The Northern Ireland Act 1962. In Schedule 1, the entry relating to section 73 of the Probates and Letters of Administration Act (Ireland) 1857. 1967 c. 28. The Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967. In section 3(4), sub-paragraphs (v), (ix), (xi) and (xii) of paragraph (a), and paragraph
No. Title Extent of Repeal S.I. 1965 No. 2141. The County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1965. The whole Order.
for the reference in section 15(2)(a) to the Matrimonial Causes Act 1965 there shall be substituted a reference to the Matrimonial Causes Act (Northern Ireland) 1939 or any enactment re-enacting that Act (whether with or without modifications).
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any enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland having effect after the commencement of this Act by virtue of section 1(8) or section 2(3) of the Northern Ireland Act 1962, or
paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 1 to the Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922 (Session 2) (appeals to the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland where validity of Acts of the Northern Ireland Parliament is involved and an appeal would not otherwise lie).
In the application of this Part of this Act to Northern Ireland, section 12 has effect as if—
in subsection (1)(a) there were omitted “or that the conditions in subsection (3A) (“the alternative conditions”) are satisfied in relation to those proceedings”;
after subsection (1)(b) there were inserted, and ;
subsection (3A) were omitted.
In the Mental Health Act 1959 (in this Part of this Act referred to as " the principal Act"), in section 103(1) (powers of the judge as to patient's property and affairs) the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (d):—.
At the end of section 103(3) of the principal Act there shall be inserted the words "and the power of the judge to make or give an order, direction or authority for the execution of a will for a patient—
shall not be exercisable at any time when the patient is an infant, and
shall not be exercised unless the judge has reason to believe that the patient is incapable of making a valid will for himself ".
The following section shall be inserted in the principal Act after section 103:—
In section 107 of the principal Act (preservation of interests in patient's property), in subsection (3), after the words "or other dealing" there shall be inserted the words " (otherwise than by will) ".
In section 117 of the principal Act (reciprocal arrangements in relation to Scotland and Northern Ireland as to exercise of powers), after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—.
In section 119 of the principal Act (interpretation of Part VIII), at the end of subsection (1) there shall be inserted the words " ' will' includes a codicil ".
The power to make rules of court under section 99 of the Judicature Act 1925, and the power to make county court rules under section 102 of the County Courts Act 1959, shall each include power by any such rules to make provision for enabling the court in which any proceedings are pending, in such circumstances as may be specified in the rules, to make an order requiring a party to the proceedings to make an interim payment of such amount as may be specified in the order, either by payment into court or (if the order so provides) by paying it to another party to the proceedings.
Where any such rules make provision in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, the rules may include provision for enabling a party to any proceedings who, in pursuance of such an order, has made an interim payment to recover the whole or part of the amount of the payment in such circumstances, and from such other party to the proceedings, as may be determined in accordance with the rules.
Any rules made by virtue of this section may include such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as the authority making the rules may consider necessary or expedient.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the exercise of any power relating to costs, including any power to make rules of court or county court rules relating to costs.
In its application to Northern Ireland, this section shall have effect as if for the reference to section 99 of the Judicature Act 1925 there were substituted a reference to section 55 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, and as if any reference to county court rules were omitted.
In this section “interim payment”, in relation to a party to any proceedings, means a payment on account of any damages, debt or other sum (excluding any costs) which that party may be held liable to pay to or for the benefit of another party to the proceedings if a final judgment or order of the court in the proceedings is given or made in favour of that other party; and any reference to a party to any proceedings includes a reference to any person who for the purposes of the proceedings acts as next friend or guardian of a party to the proceedings.
On the application of any person in accordance with rules of court, the High Court shall, in such circumstances as may be specified in the rules, have power to make an order providing for any one or more of the following matters, that is to say—
the inspection, photographing, preservation, custody and detention of property which appears to the court to be property which may become the subject-matter of subsequent proceedings in the court, or as to which any question may arise in any such proceedings, and
the taking of samples of any such property as is mentioned in the preceding paragraph and the carrying out of any experiment on or with any such property.
The power to make rules of court under section 99 of the Judicature Act 1925 shall include power to make rules of court as to the manner in which an application for such an order can be made, and as to the circumstances in which such an order can be made; and any such rules may include such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as the authority making the rules may consider necessary or expedient.
The preceding provisions of this section shall have effect in relation to county courts in England and Wales as they have effect in relation to the High Court, as if in those provisions references to rules of court and to section 99 of the Judicature Act 1925 included references to county court rules and to section 102 of the County Courts Act 1959.
In the application of this section to Northern Ireland, “the High Court” means the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland, the reference in subsection (2) to section 99 of the Judicature Act 1925 shall be construed as a reference to section 55 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, and subsection (3) shall be omitted.
In this section “property” includes any land, chattel or other corporeal property of any description.
Section 57 of the Judicature Act 1925 (which enables the Lord Chancellor by order to direct that any jurisdiction of the High Court which by any enactment, rule or order is assigned to any Division shall be assigned to another Division) shall be amended as follows.
In subsection (1) for the words " shall, notwithstanding that enactment, rule or order, be assigned to such other Division as may be specified in the order and shall be exercised either by any special judge or judges or by all the judges of that other Division " there shall be substituted the words—.
In the proviso to subsection (1) (which precludes the making of an order under that subsection except with the concurrence of the president of the Division to which the jurisdiction is at the time assigned and of the president of the Division to which the jurisdiction is to be transferred)—
for the words " the Division ", in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words " any Division ";
after the words " to which the jurisdiction is to be transferred " there shall be inserted the words " or with which it is to be shared ".
In subsection (2) (which enables the Lord Chancellor, in cases where there is under any enactment a right of appeal from the county court to the High Court or to any Division, by order to direct to which Division the appeal shall lie) for the words " to which Division " there shall be substituted the words " to which Division or Divisions ".
Section . . . 28 of the Registered Designs Act 1949( . . . which provides for an Appeal Tribunal) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this section.
For subsection (2) . . . (which provides that the Appeal Tribunal shall be a judge of the High Court nominated by the Lord Chancellor) there shall be substituted the following subsections:—.
After subsection (8) . . . (which empowers the Appeal Tribunal to make rules) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—.
For the purposes of this section the seniority of judges shall be reckoned by reference to the dates on which they were appointed judges of the High Court respectively
The clerks to the registrars of the Chancery Division of the High Court shall cease to be called by that name and shall instead be called assistant registrars; and accordingly—
in section 123 of the Judicature Act 1925, for the words " clerks to the registrars " and " clerks ", wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words " assistant registrars " , and
in section 126(2) of that Act, for the words " clerks to the registrars" and " clerk to the registrars" there shall be substituted respectively the words " assistant registrars " and " assistant registrar ".
A solicitor shall be qualified to be appointed as an assistant registrar of the Chancery Division of the High Court notwithstanding that he is of less than two years' standing; and accordingly in section 126(2) of the Judicature Act 1925 the words " of not less than two years' standing " shall cease to have effect.
In section 106 of the Judicature Act 1925 (appointment and removal of officers), in subsection (1) (under which the right to fill certain vacancies may be exercised by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in rotation) the words " or in any clerkship in the central office " shall cease to have effect, and after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—.
Section 117 of the Judicature Act 1925 (notice of vacancies in offices) shall cease to have effect.
In section 128(1)(b) of the Judicature Act 1925 (which relates to the Superannuation Act 1909) the words " section three of that Act (which provides for the application of the Act to existing male civil servants)" shall cease to have effect.
The following section shall be substituted for section 156 of the Judicature Act 1925:—
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may direct that the copy shall be removed to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, or
in the case of a copy of a calendar prepared under the said section 45, may, with the agreement of the authority responsible for the management of the place in question, direct that it shall be removed to such place in Scotland as may be specified in the direction.
Any direction under subsection (5) of this section may be given either in respect of a particular copy to which that subsection is applicable or in respect of a class of such copies.
In relation to copies of calendars prepared as mentioned in subsection (5) of this section which— the Public Records Act (Northern Ireland) 1923 shall have effect as it has effect in relation to documents which are Northern Ireland records within the meaning of that Act and which have been removed to that Office in accordance with that Act.
are removed to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in pursuance of a direction given under that subsection, or
have been removed to that Office before the commencement of this Act,
In the Superannuation Act 1965 the following section shall be inserted after section 39:—
In Schedule 1 to the Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act 1950, before the entry " Clerk of Assize " there shall be inserted the entries " Registrar of Criminal Appeals " and " Assistant Registrar of Criminal Appeals ".
In section 3 of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967 (effect of pension in respect of public office on remuneration in judicial or related office), in subsection (4) (which specifies the offices to which that section applies), after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—.
For paragraphs 1 to 3 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the County Courts Act 1934 (which prescribe the maximum superannuation allowances of registrars of county courts and, by virtue of section 25(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1956, apply also to the superannuation allowances of assistant registrars of county courts) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—.
abolishing grand juries, ox
amending the law relating to the presentment of indictments,
In this Act “enactment", unless the context otherwise requires, includes an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, and “the Judicature Act 1925” means the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925.
Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to an enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment, including this Act.
Section 20 of this Act shall bind the Crown so far as (but no further than) any proceedings to which that section is applicable can be brought by or against the Crown in accordance with the Crown Proceedings Act 1947, and section 22 of this Act shall bind the Crown so far as (but no further than) by virtue of section 24(3) of that Act section 3 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934 applies to proceedings by or against the Crown.
Any power conferred on the Lord Chancellor by this Act to make an order shall include power to revoke or vary the order by a subsequent order.
Any power of the Lord Chancellor to make an order under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
In the application to Northern Ireland of so much of subsection (3) of this section as relates to section 20 of this Act, the reference to the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 is a reference to that Act as it applies in Northern Ireland in relation to the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and in right of Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland.
The enactments specified in Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in that Schedule, being minor amendments and amendments consequential upon the preceding provisions of this Act.
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This Act may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act 1969.
This Act (except section 24, subsections (1) and (2) of section 27, sections 30, . . . , 34, 35 and this section and Schedules 1 and 2) shall not extend to Scotland.
This Act (except Part II and sections 20, 21, 24, 27, 30, . . . , . . . to 35 and this section and Schedules 1 and 2) shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
Section 24 of this Act shall extend to the Isle of Man.
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