INTERPRETATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 21 Rules regulating procedure of courts and tribunals.

	[Home] [Databases] [World Law] [Search] [Feedback]
	Northern Irish Legislation
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Northern Irish Legislation >> INTERPRETATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

INTERPRETATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 21

Rules regulating procedure of courts and tribunals.

21.(1) Where an enactment confers any jurisdiction on a court or other
tribunal or extends or varies the jurisdiction of a court or tribunal, the
authority having for the time being power to make rules or orders regulating
the practice and procedure of that court or tribunal may make such rules or
orders (including rules or orders regulating costs, ..., witnesses and other
expenses) as appear to the authority to be necessary for regulating the
practice and procedure of such court or tribunal in the exercise of the
jurisdiction so conferred, extended or varied, and it shall not be necessary
for any other enactment to confer power on the authority to make any rules or
orders for those purposes.

(2) A county court rule or [magistrates' courts rule] which

(a)directs money to be paid out of or in aid of public funds; or

Para.(b) rep. by 1978 c.23 s.122(2) sch.7 Pt.II

(3) All such rules or orders heretofore made under any enactment shall be
deemed to have been made under this section and may be varied or revoked
accordingly.

[(4) In any enactment

"rules of court" shall mean rules of court made, or having effect as if made,
under section 55 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978;

"Crown Court rules" shall mean rules made under section 52 of the Judicature
(Northern Ireland) Act 1978.]

(5) In any enactment

"county court rules" shall mean county court rules made, or having effect as
if made, by the authority having for the time being power to make rules
regulating the practice and procedure in county courts;

["magistrates' courts rules" shall mean rules made under Part IV of the
Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 and shall include any rule or
order which under section twenty-six of that Act has effect as if it was a
rule so made.]

(6) References in this section to rules or orders shall include

(a)in relation to the Supreme Court, the High Court or the Court of Appeal
..., references to rules of court;

(b)in relation to the county court ..., references to county court rules; and

Subs.(7) rep. by 1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

BAILII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback
URL: http://www.bailii.org/nie/legis/num_act/iai1954351/s21.html

Northern Irish Legislation

INTERPRETATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 21