Administration of Justice Act 1956

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I Admiralty Jurisdiction and other Provisions as to Ships

   1. 1. Admiralty jurisdiction of the High Court

   2. 2. Admiralty jurisdiction of the Liverpool Court of Passage and county courts

   3. 3. Mode of exercise of Admiralty jurisdiction

   4. 4. Jurisdiction in personam of courts in collision and other similar cases

   5. 5. Wages

   6. 6. Courts in England and Wales not to have jurisdiction in cases falling within Rhine Convention

   7. 7. Repeals and savings

   8. 8. Supplemental and transitional provisions

3. PART II Supreme Court of Judicature

   1. Appointment, etc., of official referees and other officers

      1. 9. Appointments of official referees to be made by Her Majesty

      2. 10. Qualifications, etc., of official referees and other officers

      3. 11. Appointment, etc., of deputy district registrars

      4. 12. Appointment, etc., of assistant district registrars

      5. 13. Power of one district registrar to act for another

      6. 14. Number of conveyancing counsel

   2. Other provisions as to Supreme Court

      1. 15. Extension of power to make rules of court, and consequential and connected repeals

      2. 16. Repeal of enactments as to registration, etc., of warrants of attorney, cognovits, and consent judgments

      3. 17. Miscellaneous provisions as to probates and administrations

      4. 18. Repeal of time limit for filing powers of attorney under the Trustee Act, 1925, s. 25

      5. 19. Extension of time for laying Supreme Court accounts before Parliament

      6. 20. Interpretation of Part II

4. PART III County Courts

   1. Appointment, etc., of judges and officers

      1. 21. Appointments of county court judges to be made by Her Majesty

      2. 22. Temporary appointments of persons to act as judges

      3. 23. Amendment as to appointment of deputy judge

      4. 24. Persons capable of acting for registrar

      5. 25. Status and pensions of assistant registrars

   2. Other provisions as to county courts

      1. 26. Transfer to county court of money recovered in High Court by infants and others

      2. 27. Penalty for non-attendance on judgment summons

      3. 28. Miscellaneous amendments as to executions

      4. 29. Increase of penalties for assaulting officers, rescuing goods seized and contempt of court

      5. 30. Extension of powers of registrar as to stay or suspension of judgments and orders and stay of execution

      6. 31. Miscellaneous procedural amendments

      7. 32. Amendments as to the making of rules and orders

      8. 33. Interpretation and citation of Part III

5. PART IV General Provisions as to Enforcement of Judgments and Orders

   1. 34. Abolition of writs of elegit and repeal of enactments imposing charges on land, etc.

   2. 35. Power of courts to impose charges on land of judgment debtor

   3. 36. Receivers

   4. 37. Goods protected from seizure in execution

   5. 38. Attachment of debts

   6. 39. Execution of High Court judgments and orders in county court

   7. 40. Effect of registration of judgments of courts outside England and Wales

   8. 41. Execution by county court of judgments and orders of inferior courts

   9. 42. Execution and enforcement of judgments and orders of the Court of Appeal

   10. 43. Application to existing judgments

   11. 44. Power to extend Part IV to inferior courts

6. PART V Admiralty Jurisdiction and Arrestment of Ships in Scotland

   1. 45. Jurisdiction in relation to collisions, etc.

   2. 46. Exclusion of jurisdiction in cases falling within Rhine Convention

   3. 47. Arrest of ships on the dependence of an action or in rem

   4. 48. Interpretation of Part V

   5. 49. Repeals

   6. 50. Application and commencement of Part V

7. PART VI Miscellaneous and Supplemental

   1. 51. Modification of Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act, 1933, in relation to certain parts of Her Majesty's dominions

   2. 52. Funds in court in Lancashire Chancery Court

   3. 53. Qualifications of Land Registrars

   4. 54. Financial provisions

   5. 55. Provisions as to Northern Ireland

   6. 56. Provisions as to Channel Islands, Isle of Man, colonies, protectorates, etc.

   7. 57. Short title, repeal, extent and commencement

8. SCHEDULES

   1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      Provisions applicable to Northern Ireland

      1. PART I Admiralty Jurisdiction and other Provisions as to Ships

         1. Admiralty Jurisdiction of the High Court

            1. 1. (1) The Admiralty jurisdiction of the High Court shall be...

         2. Admiralty jurisdiction of Belfast county court

            1. 2. (1) Subject to the limitations of amount specified in sub-paragraph...

         3. Mode of exercise of Admiralty jurisdiction

            1. 3. (1) Subject to the provisions of the next following paragraph,...

         4. Jurisdiction in personam of courts in collision and other similar cases

            1. 4. (1) No court in Northern Ireland shall entertain an action...

         5. Wages

            1. 5. (1) Section one hundred and sixty-five of the Merchant Shipping...

         6. Courts in Northern Ireland not to have jurisdiction in cases falling within Rhine Convention

            1. 6. No court in Northern Ireland shall have jurisdiction to determine...

         7. Repeals and savings

            1. 7. (1) Section six hundred and eighty-eight of the Merchant Shipping...

         8. Interpretation

            1. 8. (1) In this Part of this Schedule, unless the context...

      2. PART II Effect of Registration of Judgments of Courts outside Northern Ireland

      3. PART III Enactments Repealed as respects Northern Ireland

   2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      Enactments Repealed