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6(1)In each of the enactments listed in sub-paragraph (3) for “Supreme Court” or “Supreme Court of Judicature” in each place substitute “ Court of Judicature ”.E+W+S+N.I.
(2)This paragraph does not apply to those words—
(a)in the short title or title of any enactment or group of enactments,
(b)where they are amended by paragraph 3 or 5 of this Schedule, or
(c)(unless otherwise provided) as inserted by any other provision of this Act.
(3)The enactments amended are—
the Railway Act (Ireland) 1851 (c. 70)
the Railways Act (Ireland) 1860 (c. 97)
the Tramways (Ireland) Act 1860 (c. 152)
the Settled Estates Act 1877 (c. 18)
the Bills of Sale (Ireland) Act 1879 (c. 50)
the Parliamentary Deposits and Bonds Act 1892 (c. 27)
the Land Law (Ireland) Act 1896 (c. 47)
the Colonial Solicitors Act 1900 (c. 14)
the Northern Ireland Land Act 1925 (c. 34)
the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1934 (c. 22 (N.I.))
the Northern Ireland Land Purchase (Winding Up) Act 1935 (c. 21)
the Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act 1940 (c. 28)
F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33 (N.I.))
the Trustee Act (Northern Ireland) 1958 (c. 23 (N.I.))
the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (c. 15 (N.I.))
the County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (c. 25 (N.I.))
the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (c. 14 (N.I.))
the Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 (c. 21 (N.I.))
the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c. 20)
the Medicines Act 1968 (c. 67)
the Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 (c. 18 (N.I.))
the Leasehold (Enlargement and Extension) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (c. 7 (N.I.))
the Powers of Attorney Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (c. 33 (N.I.))
the Prosecution of Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/ 538 (N.I. 1))
the Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c. 15)
the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36)
the Hearing Aid Council (Extension) Act 1975 (c. 39)
the Restrictive Practices Court Act 1976 (c. 33)
the Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/582 (N.I. 12))
the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23), including section 68A(1)(a) inserted by section 10 of this Act, and any amendment to—
(i) the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (c. 18), except section 3
(ii) the Consolidated Fund (Permanent Charges Redemption) Act 1873 (c. 57)
(iii) the Life Insurance Companies (Payment into Court) Act 1896 (c. 8)
the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/924 (N.I. 8))
the Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1575 (N.I. 14))
the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3))
the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Revision) 1980 (S.R. 1980/346)
the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/226 (N.I. 6))
the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8))
the Medical Act 1983 (c. 54)
the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/ 595 (N.I. 4))
F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
the Solicitors (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1343 (N.I. 14))
the Family Law (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/ 1576 (N.I. 6))
the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21)
the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1141 (N.I. 6))
the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42), section 18(4)(c)
the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 3 (N.I.))
the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26)
the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), sections 102(1)(a) and 103(8)
the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/ 435 (N.I. 10))
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F1Sch. 11 para. 6(3): entry repealed (1.6.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 5(5), Sch. 4
F2Sch. 11 para. 6(3): entry repealed (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 2(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 10)
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