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These Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No.2) 2006 and shall come into operation on 31st July 2006.
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Order 64 shall be amended as follows—
(1) For rule 2, there shall be substituted the following new rule—“
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(1) One or more judges of the High Court or Court of Appeal shall sit in vacation on such days as the Lord Chief Justice may from time to time direct, to hear such causes or matters as require to be immediately or promptly heard.
(2) A judge who sits in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be known as the “Vacation Judge”.”
(2) Rule 3 shall be revoked.
Brian Kerr
J.M. Nicholson
Patrick Coghlin
Bernard McCloskey
Dated 30th June 2006Signed by the authority of the Lord ChancellorIn exercise of the powers conferred by section 55A(3) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, I allow these Rules.
Bridget Prentice
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Dated 5th July 2006