Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978
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3 The Court of Appeal.
(1) The Court of Appeal shall consist of the Lord Chief Justice. . . and three other judges who shall be styled “Lords Justices of Appeal”. (2) Every judge of the High Court shall be a judge of the Court of Appeal for the purposes of its jurisdiction in a criminal cause or matter and for those purposes shall have all the jurisdiction of a judge of the Court of Appeal. (3) All the judges of the Court of Appeal shall, save as in this Act otherwise expressly provided, have in all respects equal jurisdiction and shall be addressed in the manner in which judges of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland were customarily addressed heretofore. (4) The Department of Justice may, with the agreement of the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission, by order from time to time amend subsection (1) so as to vary the number of Lords Justices of Appeal. (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) The Department of Justice may by order from time to time create divisions or additional divisions of the Court of Appeal or provide any division be abolished; and any such order— (a) may contain such provision as may appear to the Department to be necessary or proper for that purpose; and (b) may amend or repeal any statutory provision (including any provision of this Act) so far as it appears to the Department to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the order.
3 The Court of Appeal.
(1) The Court of Appeal shall consist of the Lord Chief Justice. . . and three other judges who shall be styled “Lords Justices of Appeal”. (2) Every judge of the High Court shall be a judge of the Court of Appeal for the purposes of its jurisdiction in a criminal cause or matter and for those purposes shall have all the jurisdiction of a judge of the Court of Appeal. (3) All the judges of the Court of Appeal shall, save as in this Act otherwise expressly provided, have in all respects equal jurisdiction and shall be addressed in the manner in which judges of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland were customarily addressed heretofore. (4) The Department of Justice may, with the agreement of the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission, by order from time to time amend subsection (1) so as to vary the number of Lords Justices of Appeal. (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) The Department of Justice may by order from time to time create divisions or additional divisions of the Court of Appeal or provide any division be abolished; and any such order— (a) may contain such provision as may appear to the Department to be necessary or proper for that purpose; and (b) may amend or repeal any statutory provision (including any provision of this Act) so far as it appears to the Department to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the order.
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