{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-rules-northern-ireland-1979/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-rules-northern-ireland-1979/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1979/90",
  "legislation_title": "The Crown Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-rules-northern-ireland-1979",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CROWN COURT\nMade 22nd March 1979\nComing into operation 18th April 1979\nWe, the Crown Court Rules Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred upon us by sections 48(5), 51(5) and 51(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 and section 7 of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act (Northern Ireland) 1968, hereby with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor make the following Rules:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 23"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1968 c. 10 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1979/90/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:01:57.370490+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."
}