Legislation – Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015
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PART 1SINGLE JURISDICTION FOR COUNTY COURTS AND MAGISTRATES’ COURTS
Administrative court divisions2
(1)
The Department, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, shall by directions divide Northern Ireland into areas to be known as administrative court divisions.
(2)
The directions may specify different administrative court divisions for different courts and for different purposes of the same court and, in particular, may specify administrative court divisions—
(a)
for all purposes of a court;
(b)
for specified purposes of a court (for example for the purposes of a county court sitting as a family care centre or a court of summary jurisdiction sitting as a family proceedings court);
(c)
for the residual purposes of a court (that is to say for all purposes other than those dealt with under paragraph (b)).
(3)
For the purposes of this section “court” means—
(a)
a county court;
(b)
a magistrates’ court.
(4)
Each administrative court division established by directions under this section is to be known by such name as is specified in the directions.