Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Civil Evidence (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999.

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2.  The Civil Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 except—

(a)Article 10; and

(b)Article 13(2) and Schedule 2 insofar as they relate to the repeal of Sections 10 and 16(5) of the Civil Evidence Act 1995,

shall, insofar as it is not already in operation, come into operation on 6th September 1999.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order brings into operation the provisions of the Civil Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 which are not already in force other than—

(a)Article 10 (admissibility and proof of Odgen Tables); and

(b)the repeal of sections 10 and 16(5) of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 which currently provides for the admissibility and proof of Odgen Tables.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of this Order.)

The following provisions of the Civil Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 were brought into operation on 27th May 1999 by the Civil Evidence (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 256 (C. 21)) insofar as they authorised the making of certain Orders and Rules of Court, that is to say:—

(a)Articles 4(1) and 11; and

(b)Article 2 and 3(3) (insofar as those provisions relate to the making of rules of court under Articles 4(1) and 11).