INTERPRETATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 42 Definitions for judicial purposes.

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INTERPRETATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 42

Definitions for judicial purposes.

42.(1) In an enactment the expression

"Supreme Court" shall mean the Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern
Ireland;

"Court of Appeal" or "High Court of Appeal" shall mean Her Majesty's
Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland;

"High Court" shall mean Her Majesty's High Court of Justice in Northern
Ireland;

"Court of Criminal Appeal" shall mean the Court of Criminal Appeal in Northern
Ireland ...;

"court of assize" shall mean a court of assize, a court of oyer and terminer
and a court of gaol delivery or any of them and shall include a court held in
and for the county of the City of Belfast by virtue of a commission of oyer
and terminer or general gaol delivery;

["Lands Tribunal" shall mean the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland;]

["Crown Court" shall mean Her Majesty's Crown Court in Northern Ireland;

"county court" shall mean a county court held for a division under the
County Courts [(Northern Ireland) Order 1980];]

...

["court of summary jurisdiction" or "magistrates' court" shall have the
meaning assigned to it by section one of the Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern
Ireland) 1964.]

(2) Where an enactment provides that any appeal, application, proceeding or
other matter arising thereunder may be heard or determined by a county court,
... or a [magistrates' court,] without specifying any particular county court
... or [magistrates' court,] the matter may be heard and determined by such
county court, ... or [magistrates' court] (as the case may be) as may be
prescribed, in the case of a county court ... by county court rules, or in the
case of a [magistrates' court] by [magistrates' courts rules] or, if no such
court is so prescribed, by the county court, ... or [magistrates' court] (as
the case may be) having jurisdiction over the whole or any part of the
division or district or place in which the matter arises or, if the matter
relates to any premises, in which those premises are situated.

(3) In an enactment the expression

"Lord Chief Justice" shall mean the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland;

"Chancery Judge" shall mean the Judge of the High Court to whom the business
and matters arising in the chancery jurisdiction of that court are for the
time being assigned;

"county court judge" shall include ... a recorder ...; and

["Probate Judge" shall mean the Judge of the High Court to whom probate
business and matters are for the time being assigned.]

(4) In an enactment the expression

"appeal summarily" shall mean appeal, in accordance with [magistrates' courts
rules,] to a court of summary jurisdiction;

Definition rep. by 1975 NI 7 art.13 sch.2; 1978 c.23 s.122(2) sch.7 Pt.II

"committed for trial" shall mean committed by a court, judge, resident
magistrate, ..., justice of the peace or other authority having power to
commit a person in custody with a view to his trial, and shall include
committed on bail upon a recognizance to appear and stand trial before a judge
and jury;

"Summary Jurisdiction Acts" shall mean the statutory provisions for the time
being in force in Northern Ireland in relation to summary jurisdiction;

"summary conviction" shall mean conviction subject to and in accordance with
the Summary Jurisdiction Acts.

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INTERPRETATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 42