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(1) This Order may be cited as the Statutory Officers (District Judge) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and shall come into operation on 28th June 1991.
(2) In this Order:
 “statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 ; and
 “statutory document” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(e) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.
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Schedule 3 to the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 shall be modified by amending in column 1 or the title of the office of Circuit Registrar to substitute for that title the title District Judge and by inserting in column 4, after the words “District Probate Registrar”, the words “Circuit Registrar”.
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Any reference in any statutory provision, statutory document or other document to “circuit registrar” or “deputy circuit registrar” shall be construed as a reference to “district judge” or “deputy district judge” respectively.
Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 3 June 1991.