Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 (c. 47)

Supplemental U.K.

8 Application to Northern Ireland. E+W+N.I.

In the application of this Act to Northern Ireland—

(a) the reference in section 2(3)(b) to section 1 of the M1 Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 or section 5 of the M2 Fatal Accidents Act 1976 shall be construed as a reference to section 2 of the M3 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 or Article 7 of the M4 Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977;

(b) the reference in section 5 to section 4(1) of the M5 Crown Proceedings Act 1947 shall be construed as a reference to section 4(1) of that Act as it applies in Northern Ireland;

(c) the reference in section 6(3) to the M6 Fatal Accidents Act 1976 shall be construed as a reference to the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977;

(d) references to England and Wales shall be construed as references to Northern Ireland; and

(e) any reference to an enactment shall be construed as including a reference to an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Marginal Citations

M1 1945 c. 28.

M2 1976 c. 30.

M3 1948 c. 23 (N.I.)

M4 S.I. 1977/1251 (N.I. 18)

M5 1947 c. 44.

M6 1976 c. 30.