16. Application to Northern Ireland
In the application of these Regulations to Northern Ireland, for any reference—
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(a) to the Lord Chancellor, there shall be substituted a reference to the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland;
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(b) to the Attorney General, there shall be substituted a reference to the Attorney General for Northern Ireland;
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(c) to the Treasury Solicitor, there shall be substituted a reference to the Chief Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland;
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(d) to a barrister, there shall be substituted a reference to a barrister practising in Northern Ireland;
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(e) to a Court of Record, there shall be substituted a reference to the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland or any Judge thereof;
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(f) to a Master of the Supreme Court, there shall be substituted a reference to the Taxing Master of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland;
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(g) to a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, there shall be substituted a reference to a Court of Summary Jurisdiction constituted in accordance with the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction and Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland), 1935, or any other Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for the time being in force;
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(h) to local police authorities, there shall be substituted a reference to a district inspector or head constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary having authority in the district, or in a district contiguous to that, in or over which an accident occurs;
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(i) to an officer of police, there shall be substituted a reference to an officer, head constable or sergeant of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
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Given under the Seal of the Secretary of State this 5th day of August, 1959.
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(L.S.)
H. T. Smith,
A Deputy Under Secretary of State of the Air Ministry.
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Given under the Official Seal of the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation this 5th day of August, 1959.
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(L.S.)
C. W. Evans,
An Under Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This Note is not part of the Regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport.)
These Regulations, made by the Secretary of State and the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation acting jointly under section 10 of the Civil Aviation Act, 1949, and the Civil Aviation Act (Application to Crown Aircraft) Order, 1959, provide for the holding of investigations and Public Inquiries into accidents occurring to military aircraft (including accidents, to foreign military aircraft occurring in the United Kingdom) in circumstances in which there is a civil aviation element e.g. where a military aircraft collides with a civil aircraft or crashes on a civil aerodrome, and also make provision for the holding of investigations and Public Inquiries under the Regulations into accidents occurring to a civil aircraft in circumstances in which there is a military element. The Regulations provide that in the case of such accidents the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation acting jointly with either the Admiralty, a Secretary of State, the Minister of Supply, or one or more of them, as the case may be, may direct that the accident shall be treated as one to which the Regulations apply.
The procedures governing investigations and public inquiries into accidents to which the Regulations apply follow those laid down by the Civil Aviation (Investigation of Accidents) Regulations, 1951, which relate to civil aviation only, subject to certain modifications following from the fact that 2 or more Ministers are concerned and that military aircraft are involved.