Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Crown Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2004 and subject to paragraph (2) shall come into operation on 11th June 2004.

(2)

Paragraphs (1), (2) and (4) of rule 2 below shall come into operation on the same day as section 46 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999^f1 comes into force.

(3)

In these Rules, “the principal Rules” shall mean the Crown Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979^f2, and a reference to a rule, a Part or a Form by number means the rule, Part or Form so numbered in the principal Rules.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1999 c. 23
f2: S.R. 1979 No. 90; to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R. 1991 No. 327, S.R. 2003 No. 279 and S.R. 2003 No. 471