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🇬🇧 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandConstitution

Constitutional Reform Act 2005

4

Jurisdiction
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Provision
4
Source language
English
Recorded status
in force
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Recorded status
in force

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1 In each of the enactments listed in sub-paragraph (3) for “Supreme Court” or “Supreme Court of Judicature” in each place substitute “Senior Courts” . 2 This paragraph does not apply to those words— a in the short title or title of any enactment or group of enactments, b where they are amended by paragraph 3 or 5 of this Schedule, or c (unless otherwise provided) as inserted by any other provision of this Act. 3 The enactments amended are— the Bills of Sale Act 1878 (c. 31), sections 10, 13 and 17 the Sheriffs Act 1887 (c. 55) the Public Trustee Act 1906 (c. 55) ... the Law of Property Act 1922 (c. 16) the Settled Land Act 1925 (c. 18) the Trustee Act 1925 (c. 19) the Law of Property Act 1925 (c. 20) ... the Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88) the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (c. 101) the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (c. 70) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51) the Administration of Justice Act 1965 (c. 2), including any amendment to— (i) the Defence Act 1842 (c. 94) (ii) the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 (c. 18) (iii) the Consolidated Fund (Permanent Charges Redemption) Act 1873 (c. 57) (iv) the Life Insurance Companies (Payment into Court) Act 1896 (c. 8) the Gas Act 1965 (c. 36) the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (c. 56) the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1966 (c. 4) the Courts Act 1971 (c. 23) the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24) the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25) the Bail Act 1976 (c. 63) (subject to any repeal contained in the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)) the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), section 144(3)(b) and (c) the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28) the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c. 42) the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) the Public Trustee and Administration of Funds Act 1986 (c. 57) the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38), section 1(7)(b) the Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34) the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48) the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53) the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8), section 26 and Schedules 1, 5 and 7 the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (c. 12), except paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38) the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42), section 18(4)(a) the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), except sections 102(1)(a) and 103(8)

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Constitutional Reform Act 2005 · legislation.gov.uk · Retrieved 17 August 2026.

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