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INTERPRETATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 22

Powers of appellate courts.

22. Where an enactment provides that an appeal against any decision or
determination of a court, tribunal, authority or person (in this section
called "the original tribunal"), may be brought to any court, that court (in
this section called "the appellate court") may, for all purposes of and
incidental to hearing or determining such appeal, exercise all the powers,
authority and jurisdiction of the original tribunal and, in addition, may

(a)confirm, reverse or vary the decision or determination of
the original tribunal;

(b)remit the appeal or any matter arising thereon to the original tribunal
with such declarations or directions as the appellate court may think proper;
or

(c)make such order as to costs and expenses as the appellate court may think
proper;

(i)it shall be the duty of the original tribunal to have regard to all such
declarations and to obey all such directions, if any, as may be given by
the appellate court pursuant to paragraph (b); and

(ii) orders made by the appellate court shall have the like effect and may be
enforced in like manner as orders made by the original tribunal.

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