Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
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(1) after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the County Court Divisions (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 and shall come into operation on 10th June 2013.
Amendments to the County Court Divisions Order (Northern Ireland) 1994
2. The County Court Divisions Order (Northern Ireland) 1994(2) 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.
Sealed with the official seal of the Department of Justice on 14 May 2013
David Ford
Minister of Justice
Article 2(b)
SCHEDULE
Articles 2 and 3
“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” |
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.
S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3); relevant amending statute is 2005 c.4.
S.R. 1994 No. 471 as amended by S.R. 1995 No. 5.