PART 1SINGLE JURISDICTION FOR COUNTY COURTS AND MAGISTRATES' COURTS
I12Administrative court divisions
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.