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30(1)The Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 is amended as follows.
(2)Part 3 is renamed “The Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court”.
(3)In section 35 (appeals to Court of Appeal from High Court) in subsection (5) for “House of Lords” substitute “Supreme Court”.
(4)In section 41 (appeals to the House of Lords in other criminal matters)—
(a)in the sidenote and in subsection (1) for “House of Lords” substitute “Supreme Court”;
(b)in subsection (2) for “the House of Lords” in each place and “that House” substitute “the Supreme Court”;
(c)omit subsection (3);
(d)in subsections (4) and (6) for “House of Lords” substitute “Supreme Court”.
(5)In section 42 (appeals to the House of Lords in civil cases)—
(a)in the sidenote and in subsections (1) and (2) for “House of Lords” substitute “Supreme Court”;
(b)omit subsections (3), (4) and (5).
(6)In section 43 (appeals to House of Lords from High Court) and in the sidenote for that section, for “House of Lords” in each place substitute “Supreme Court”.
(7)In section 44 (appeal in cases of contempt of court)—
(a)in subsection (2)(b) for “House of Lords” substitute “Supreme Court”;
(b)in subsection (4) for “the House of Lords” and for “that House” substitute “the Supreme Court”.
(8)In Schedule 1 (appeals to House of Lords in certain criminal matters)—
(a)in the title to the Schedule, for “House of Lords” substitute “Supreme Court”;
(b)in paragraphs 1 and 3 to 5 for “the House of Lords” and “that House” in each place substitute “the Supreme Court”, and in paragraph 1(2) for “that court” substitute “the court below”;
(c)in paragraph 6—
(i)for “an order of the House of Lords” substitute “Supreme Court Rules”;
(ii)for “that House” substitute “the Supreme Court”.
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