PART IVMiscellaneous and General

Application to particular countries and territories

124Northern Ireland

1

The provisions of this section shall have effect for the purposes of the application of this Act to Northern Ireland.

2

In subsection (2) of section eighty, references to the Capital Punishment Amendment Act, 1868, to section seven of that Act, and to rules made under the said section seven, shall be construed as references to that Act and that section as in force from time to time in Northern Ireland, and to any rules under that section as so in force, and accordingly the reference to the sheriff shall be construed as a reference to the under-sheriff.

3

In section eighty-two, in subsection (1), for the words " the Coroners Acts, 1887 to 1926 " there shall be substituted the words " section thirty-nine of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland), 1953, with any necessary modifications " , and in subsection (3) the reference to sections thirty-nine to forty-two of the Prison Act, 1952, shall include a reference to sections twenty-eight to thirty-six of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland), 1953.

4

Subsection (3) of section one hundred shall not apply ; and all fines imposed in proceedings taken before a court of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland shall be dealt with in the manner provided by section twenty of the Administration of Justice Act (Northern Ireland), 1954.

5

For the purposes of section one hundred and one the expression " maintenance order " shall include an order made under section one of the Illegitimate Children (Affiliation Orders) Act (Northern Ireland), 1924.

6

In subsection (4) of section one hundred and nine for the reference to the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1952, there shall be substituted a reference to the Summary Jurisdiction Acts (Northern Ireland) and the rules made thereunder.