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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1996/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1996/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/71",
  "legislation_title": "The Crown Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Crown Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 8th April 1996.\n(2) In these Rules, “the principal Rules” shall mean the Crown Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979 and a reference to a rule by number shall mean a rule so numbered in the principal Rules.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 1(1) inserted (25.8.1996) by The Crown Court (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996/281), rules 1(1), 4 (with rule 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 1 in operation at 8.4.1996, see rule 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1979 No. 90; to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R. 1989 No. 393"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/71/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:37:28.581099+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}