Northern Ireland Act 1947

Section 12.

SECOND SCHEDULEModifications of Part III of the Requisitioned Land and War Works Act, 1945, in its application to Northern Ireland

1For references to the Minister of Transport there shall be substituted references to the Secretary of State.

2In paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section fifteen, for the words " repairable by the inhabitants at large" there shall be substituted the words " maintainable at the cost of a county or county district ".

3In paragraph (c) of the said subsection (2), for the Words " the [1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 5.] Trunk Roads Act, 1936," there shall be substituted the words " any enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland (whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act) containing a provision corresponding to any provision of the Trunk Roads Acts, 1936 and [9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 30.] 1946 ".

4In sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (f) of the said subsection (2), for the words " section one or section two of the [25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 47.] Restriction of Ribbon Development Act, 1935," there shall be substituted the words " section two or section four of the Roads Improvement Act (Northern Ireland), 1928 ".

5In subsection (1) of section sixteen, the reference to the making of provision by or under any Act (whether public general or local) shall be construed as including a reference to the making of provision by or under any such Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

6In subsection (1) of section seventeen, for the definition of local authority there shall be substituted the following definition :—

• “' local authority ' means the council of a county, county borough, borough, urban district or rural district”.

7Subsection (2) of section nineteen shall have effect as if for references to the High Court there were substituted references to His Majesty's High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland and as if at the end thereof there were added the following provision :—

“Provision may be made by rules of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Northern Ireland under section sixty-one of the [40 & 41 Vict. c. 57.] Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland), 1877, as amended by the [60 & 61 Vict. c. 66.] Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) (No. 2) Act, 1897, for regulating the procedure and costs of applications under this subsection”.

8In subsection (2) of section twenty-two, for the words "by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries" there shall be substituted the words " by the Secretary of State or the Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland ".