The Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (Single Jurisdiction) (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Part 2 of the Order makes consequential amendments to the Orders and Regulations listed below to take account of Part 1 of and Schedule 1 to the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (“the Act”) which abolished county court divisions and petty sessions districts in Northern Ireland, and created a single territorial jurisdiction for the county courts and magistrates’ courts, supported by an administrative framework:

• The Juvenile Courts and Assessors for County Courts Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 (S.R. 1979 No. 104);

• The Gaming Machine (Forms of Certificates and Permit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986 (S.R. 1986 No. 125);

• The Gaming (Form of Bingo Club Licence) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (S.R. 1987 No. 7);

• The Lottery (Form of Certificate) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (S.R. 1987 No. 194);

• The Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 (S.R. 1992 No. 390);

• The Juries Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 269);

• The Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 300);

• The Registration of Clubs (Form of Children’s Certificate) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 18);

• The Licensing (Form of Children’s Certificate) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 19);

• The Licensing (Form of Licence) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 20);

• The Registration of Deeds Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 28);

• The Licensing (Register of Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 75);

• The Registration of Clubs (Certificate of Registration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 78);

• The Road Traffic Fixed Penalties (Enforcement of Fines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997 No. 344);

• The Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Allocation of Proceedings) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 61);

• The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 177);

• The Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. 2001 No. 348);

• The Declarations of Parentage (Allocation of Proceedings) Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 119);

• The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 352);

• The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 59);

• The Zoos Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003 No. 115);

• The Bookmaking (Forms of Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004 No. 424);

• The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Quota and Third Country Fishing Measures) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. 2004 No. 440);

• The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005 No. 350);

• The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Satellite Monitoring Measures) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.R. 2005 No. 452);

• The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No. 407);

• The Sea Fishing (Marking and Identification of Passive Fishing Gear and Beam Trawls) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008 No. 484);

• The Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009 No. 33);

• The Tourist Establishments (Notices, Certificates and Forms) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011 No. 209);

• The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1484);

• The Criminal Aid Certificates Rules (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012 No. 135);

• The Penalty Notices (Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011) (Enforcement of Fines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012 No. 188);

• The International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007 etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012 No. 413); and

• The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014 No. 188)

Part 3 lists the Orders which are revoked in consequence of Part 1 of the Act. In addition to the abolition of petty sessions districts and county court divisions by section 1 of the Act, divorce county courts and civil partnership proceedings county courts as distinct designations of county courts were also abolished by virtue of paragraphs 76 and 124 of Schedule 1 to the Act. Accordingly, the following Orders are revoked:

• The Divorce County Courts Order (Northern Ireland) 1990 (S.R. 1990 No.198);

• The Petty Sessions Districts Order (Northern Ireland) 1994 (S.R. 1994 No. 470);

• The Civil Partnership Proceedings County Courts Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005 No. 499); and

• The County Court Divisions Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013 No. 132).