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				Administration of Justice Act 1970 (c.31)
				Introductory Text
				Main body
				Part I Courts and Judges
				High Court
				1. Redistribution of business among divisions of the High Court.
				2. Admiralty Court.
				3. Commercial Court.
				4. Power of judges of Commercial Court to take arbitrations.
				5. . . .
				6. . . .
				7-8. . . .
				Court of Appeal
				9. . . .
				Patents and Registered Designs Appeal Tribunals
				10. Temporary additional judges.
				Part II Enforcement of Debt
				Provisions restricting sanction of imprisonment
				11. Restriction on power of committal under Debtors Act 1869 (c. 62).
				12. Restriction on magistrates' power of committal for civil debt.
				13-26. . . .
				Enforcement by attachment of earnings
				27. - . . .In section 1 of the Act of 1958 (introductory provisions setting out the scheme of Part
				28. Other provisions for interpretation of Part II.
				Supplementary
				29. - . . .In Part VII of the said Act of 1959 (administration orders)- . . .
				30. . . .
				Part III Discovery and Related Procedures
				31. Power of court to order disclosure, etc. of documents before commencement of proceedings.
				32. Extension of existing powers of court to order disclosure of documents,inspection of property, etc.
				33. {- The power to make rules of court under section 99 of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consoli...}
				34. Application of ss.31 to 33 to county courts and High Court in Northern Ireland.
				35. Application to Crown.
				Part IV Actions by Mortgagees for Possession
				36. Additional powers of court in action by mortgagee for possession of dwelling-house.
				37, 38. Exclusive jurisdiction of county court in certain mortgage actions.
				38A. {This Part of this Act shall not apply to a mortgage securing an agreement which is a regulated ...}
				39. Interpretation of Part IV.
				Part V Miscellaneous Provisions
				40. Punishment for unlawful harassment of debtors.
				41. Recovery of costs and compensation awarded by magistrates, assizes, quarter sessions, etc.
				42. . . .
				43. . . .
				44. Interest on judgment debts.
				44A. Interest on judgment debts expressed in currencies other than sterling.
				45. Removal of limit on number of county court judges assignable to a district and of certain registrars appointed jointly.
				46. . . .
				47. . . .
				48. Variation in rate of payments in maintenance order registered in magistrates' court.
				49. . . .
				50. . . .
				51. Minor amendments of Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54).
				Part VI General
				52. Financial provisions.
				53. . . .
				54. Citation, interpretation, repeals, commencement and extent.
				Schedules
				SCHEDULE 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
				SCHEDULE 2 AMENDMENT OF ENACTMENTS CONSEQUENTIAL ON SECTION 1
				SCHEDULE 3 {no text}
				SCHEDULE 4 Taxes, Social Insurance Contributions, etc. subject to Special Enforcement Provisions in Part II
				SCHEDULES 5-7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
				SCHEDULE 8 Maintenance Orders for purposes of 1958 Act and Part II of this Act
				SCHEDULE 9 Enforcement of Orders for Costs, Compensation, etc.
				Part I Cases where Payment Enforceable as on Summary Conviction
				Part II Cases where costs enforceable summarily as civil debt
				SCHEDULE 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
				Schedule 11 Enactments Repealed

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