2013 No. 131
County Courts
County Court Divisions (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013
Made 14th May 2013
Coming into operation 10th June 2013

The Department of Justice makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 3(1) of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice.
S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3); relevant amending statute is 2005 c.4.

1 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the County Court Divisions (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on 10th June 2013.

2 Amendments to the County Court Divisions Order (Northern Ireland) 1994
The County Court Divisions Order (Northern Ireland) 1994 is amended as follows—
(a) in Article 2, for “seven”, substitute “three”;
(b) for the Schedule, substitute the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.
S.R. 1994 No. 471 as amended by S.R. 1995 No. 5.
Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Justice on 14 May 2013
David Ford Minister of Justice
SCHEDULE

“SCHEDULE

Divisions and the petty sessions districts comprised therein
(1) Name of division	(2) Petty sessions districts comprised in division
Ards	Ards Castlereagh Down North Down
Armagh and South Down	Armagh Banbridge Newry and Mourne
Belfast	Antrim Ballymena Belfast and Newtownabbey Craigavon East Tyrone Fermanagh Larne Limavady Lisburn Londonderry Magherafelt North Antrim Omagh Strabane
Articles 2 and 3”

Article 2(b)

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the County Court Divisions Order (Northern Ireland) 1994 to reduce the number of county court divisions into which Northern Ireland is divided from seven to three.