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COUNTY COURTS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1980 - SECT 47



47.(1) For the purposes of or in relation to any jurisdiction exercisable by
county courts, any such rules as are referred to in section 21(1) and (2) of
the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 or Article 48 may

(a)be made by the Rules Committee in accordance with Article 46 and the
following provisions of this Article; and

(b)be known as "county court rules".

(2) County court rules made by the Rules Committee shall

(a)be certified under the hand of the members of the Rules Committee, or any
three or more of them; and

(b)when certified under sub-paragraph (a), be submitted to the Lord Chancellor
who, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, may allow, disallow or
alter them.

(3) County court rules made by the Rules Committee, as allowed or altered by
the Lord Chancellor, shall come into operation on such date as the Lord
Chancellor may direct.



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