Provisions coming into operation on 31st October 20162.

The day appointed for the coming into operation of the following provisions of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 is 31st October 2016—

(a)

section 1 (single jurisdiction: abolition of county court divisions and petty sessions districts);

(b)

section 2 (administrative court divisions);

(c)

section 3 (directions as to distribution of business);

(d)

section 4 (lay magistrates);

(e)

section 5 (justices of the peace);

(f)

section 6(1) (consequential amendments);

(g)

section 53 (live links: witnesses outside the United Kingdom);

(h)

section 92 (case management regulations) ;

(i)

section 104 (transitional provisions etc.) to the extent necessary to bring into operation the provisions specified in paragraph (l);

(j)

section 105 (repeals) to the extent necessary to bring into operation the repeals specified in paragraph (m);

(k)

Schedule 1 (amendments: single jurisdiction);

(l)

in Schedule 8 (transitional provisions and savings)—

(i)

paragraph 1 (Part 1: saving for jurisdiction conferred by other statutory provisions);

(ii)

paragraph 2 (Part 1: lay magistrates); and

(iii)

paragraph 3 (Part 1: justices of the peace); and

(m)

in Schedule 9 (repeals), Part 1 (single jurisdiction).