Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

CROWN PROCEEDINGS ACT 1947

10 & 11 Geo. 6 ch. 44

List of Authorised Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom and the name and address for service of the person who is acting for the purposes of the Act as Solicitor in Northern Ireland for such Departments, published by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister(a) in pursuance of Section 17 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 as extended to Northern Ireland in relation to Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom by the Crown Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 read with the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.

Authorised Government Departments	Solicitor and Address for Service
ADVISORY, CONCILIATION AND
ARBITRATION SERVICE
ASSETS RECOVERY AGENCY
BOARD OF TRADE
CABINET OFFICE
HER MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS
CROWN ESTATE COMMISSIONERS
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
HOME OFFICE
PUBLIC PROSECUTION SERVICE FOR
NORTHERN IRELAND)	The Crown Solicitor for
LORD CHANCELLOR’S DEPARTMENT	Northern Ireland
DEPARTMENT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS	Royal Courts of Justice
NORTHERN IRELAND COURT SERVICE	Chichester Street
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD	BELFAST
AND RURAL AFFAIRS	BT1 3JY
DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
EXPORT CREDITS GUARANTEE DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING	NATIONAL SAVINGS AND INVESTMENTS
NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICE	DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT
HER MAJESTY’S TREASURY	___________________________________________________________________________
(a)	See Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481)

NOTES

A.	Sections 17 and 18 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 as extended to Northern Ireland, in relation to Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, contain provision to the following effect:
(Section 17(3)

 Civil proceedings against the Crown shall be instituted against the appropriate authorised Government department, or, if none of the authorised Government departments is appropriate or the person instituting the proceedings has any reasonable doubt whether any and if so which of those departments is appropriate, against the Attorney General (for Northern Ireland).

 (Section 17(3A)

 Civil proceedings against the Crown may be instituted in Northern Ireland against the Attorney General (for Northern Ireland) if the alleged liability arises out of the performance of any function pursuant to an agency arrangement or the person instituting the proceedings has any reasonable doubt whether the alleged liability of the Crown arises in respect of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom or in respect of Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland.

 (Section 18)

 All documents required to be served on the Crown for the purpose of or in connection with any civil proceedings by or against the Crown shall, if these proceedings are by or against an authorised Government department, be served on the Solicitor, if any, for that department, or the person, if any, acting for the purposes of this Act as Solicitor for that department, or if there is no such Solicitor and no person so acting, or if the proceedings are brought by or against the Attorney General (for Northern Ireland) on the Crown Solicitor for Northern Ireland.

B.	A list of Northern Ireland authorised departments and the addresses for service in Northern Ireland was published on 29th September 2000.
C.	This list supersedes the list published on 1st October 2004.
Neill Jackson

A Senior Officer of the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

22 February 2006