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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the Crown Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979 to—

  • remove the phrase “under these Rules” from Rule 3;

  • omit Rule 48; and

  • prescribe the procedure for making an application for the examination of a witness through an intermediary under Article 17 of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (“the 1999 Order”) and the examination of the accused through an intermediary under Article 21BA of the 1999 Order.