Administration of Justice Act 1925
1925 CHAPTER 28 15 and 16 Geo 5
An Act to amend the law with respect to the jurisdiction and business of the Supreme Court in England and with respect to the judges, officers and offices thereof and otherwise with respect to the administration of justice.
[7th May 1925]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
1—18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1E+W
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1—18, 21, 24–26, Schs. 1–3 repealed by Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c. 49), s. 226, Sch. 6
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Textual Amendments
F2S. 19 repealed by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
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Textual Amendments
F3s. 20 repealed by County Courts Act 1934 (c. 53), Sch. 5
21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4E+W
Textual Amendments
F4Ss. 1—18, 21, 24–26, Schs. 1–3 repealed by Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c. 49), s. 226, Sch. 6
MiscellaneousE+W
F522 Registration of deeds of arrangment. E+W
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Textual Amendments
F5S. 22 omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(7), Sch. 6 para. 1(2) (with Sch. 6 para. 3); S.I. 2015/1732, art. 2(e)(i)
23 Local registration of bills of sale under Bills of Sale Acts, 1878 and 1882.E+W
(1)Section eleven of the M1Bills of Sale Act (1878) Amendment Act, 1882 (which makes provision for the local registration of the contents of bills of sale), shall have effect as if it required the registrar of bills of sale to transmit to county court registrars copies of the bills instead of abstracts of the contents of the bills, and references in that section to the abstract transmitted and the abstract registered shall be construed accordingly.
(2)Section ten of the M2Bills of Sale Act, 1878, shall have effect as though it required the presentation to the registrar on the registration of a bill of sale, in addition to the copy of the bill of sale mentioned in paragraph (2) of that section, of such number of copies of the bill and every schedule and inventory annexed thereto as the registrar may deem to be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the requirements of the said section eleven as amended by this section.
24—26.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6E+W
Textual Amendments
F6Ss. 1—18, 21, 24–26, Schs. 1–3 repealed by Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c. 49), s. 226, Sch. 6
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Textual Amendments
F7Ss.27, 29(4)(5) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)
28 Power to revoke and vary orders.E+W
Any order made under this Act by the Lord Chancellor, . . . F8 may at any time be revoked, varied or amended by a subsequent order made under this Act by the Lord Chancellor, . . . F8.
Textual Amendments
F8Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. XIII
29†Short title, interpretation, extent, repeal and commencement.E+W
(1)This Act may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act, 1925.
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(3)This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
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Textual Amendments
F10Ss.27, 29(4)(5) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate
F11F11SCHEDULES 1—3E+W
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Textual Amendments
F11Ss. 1—18, 21, 24–26, Schs. 1–3 repealed by Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c. 49), s. 226, Sch. 6
F12F12SCHEDULES 4, 5E+W
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Textual Amendments
F12Schs. 4, 5 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)