Conveyancing Act 1881

72 Modifications respecting Ireland. E+W

(1)In the application of this Act to Ireland the foregoing provisions shall be modified as in this section provided.

(2)The Court shall be Her Majesty’s high Court of Justice in Ireland.

(3)All matters within the jurisdiction of that Court shall, subject to the Acts regulating that Court, be assigned to the Chancery Division of that Court; but General Rules under this Act may direct that any of those matters be assigned to the Land Judges of that Division.

(4)The proper office of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland shall be substituted for the central office of the Supreme Court of Judicature.

(5)General Rules for purposes of this Act for Ireland shall be deemed Rules of Court within the M1Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland), 1877, and may be made accordingly, at any time after the passing of this Act, to take effect on or after the commencement of this Act.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of ss. 72, 73 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M140 & 41 Vict. c.57. s. 69.