F1An Act to amend with regard to certain matters, and empower Her Majesty in Council to amend with regard to others, the law concerning the administration of justice in Northern Ireland; to enlarge the legislative power of the Parliament of Northern Ireland; to amend other law applicable to Northern Ireland; to lay down a rule for interpreting, in the application to Northern Ireland of Acts of Parliament, certain expressions commonly used therein; and to repeal obsolete, unnecessary or spent enactments applying to Northern Ireland.
[3rd July 1962]
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F1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.
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F8Ss. 20, 21, 22(1) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36) Sch. 6 Pt. I
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X1(2)The functions which, before the passing of the said Act of 1935, were exercisable by the Land Purchase Commission, Northern Ireland, under the provisions of schemes framed for purposes specified in section four of the Irish Land Act, 1903, in connection with the sale of land in Northern Ireland under the Land Purchase Acts (not being schemes framed under section twenty of the said Act of 1903) and, by virtue of sebsection (1) of section six of the said Act of 1935, became exercisable by the Treasury shall be transferred to and exercised by the Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland.
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X1The text of ss. 22(2), 24 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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F9Ss. 20, 21, 22(1) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36) Sch. 6 Pt. I
(1)For the purpose of adding to the number of persons whose indorsement, in due form, of a warrant issued in Northern Ireland enables it under section twenty-seven of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, to be executed in England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands and whose indorsement, in due form, of a warrant issued in any of the last-mentioned countries enables it, under section twenty nine of that Act, to be executed in Northern Ireland, that Act shall be amended as follows:—
(a)in section twenty-seven, in paragraph 3, for the words “in like manner as before”there shall be substituted the words “or for a county inspector”, and for the words “either of the inspector or deputy inspector general”there shall be substituted the words “of the inspector general, deputy inspector general or county inspector”;
(b)in section twenty-nine, after the words “deputy inspectors general”, there shall be inserted the words “or for a county inspector”;
(c)in section forty-four (interpretation), after the word “prosecutor”, there shall be inserted the words “the words “county inspector”shall include a commissioner of police for a county borough in Northern Ireland and an officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary having the rank of county inspector”.
(2)This section shall extend to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
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X2The text of ss. 22(2), 24 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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F11S. 25 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Grp. 2
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F12S. 26(1) repealed by Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56), s. 18(5), Sch. 8 Pt. II except in relation to pensions for service ending before 27.7.1971
F13S. 26(2) repealed by Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56), s. 18(1), Sch. 7 except as respects any period ending on or before 31.8.1971
F14S. 26(3) repealed by Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (c. 56), s. 18(5), Sch. 8 Pt. II except in relation to pensions for service ending before 27.7.1971
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F15S. 27 repealed by Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), Sch. 3
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F16Ss. 28, 30(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. X
(1)In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say,—
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“the Court of Appeal” means Her Majesty’s Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland;
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“enactment” includes (save where the context otherwise requires) an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland;
“the High Court” means Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland;
“judgment” includes decision and decree;
“the Lord Chief Justice” means the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland;
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(2)Any reference in the foregoing provisions of this Act, F21. . ., to a specific enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland shall be construed as including a reference to any enactment of that Parliament passed after this Act and re-enacting the first-mentioned enactment with or without modification.
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F17Definition in s. 29(1) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II
F18Definition in s. 29(1) repealed (N.I.) (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 52, Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
F19Definition in s. 29(1) repealed by Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968 (c. 21), Sch. 5
F20Definition in s. 29(1) repealed (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 5), ss. 59(5), 146, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 20, Sch. 18 Pt. 5; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2
F21Words in s. 29(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), Sch. 1 Pt. III
(1)This Act may be cited as the Northern Ireland Act 1962.
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F22Ss. 28, 30(2) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. X
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F24Sch. 2 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Grp. 2
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F25Schs. 3, 4 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. X