{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-rules-northern-ireland-1979/rule-54",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-rules-northern-ireland-1979/rule-54.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": "rule/54",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Investigations - discharge and variation of order",
  "text": "(1) Where an order has been made under Article 50(2), the person required to comply with the order may apply to the county court judge who made the order or, where that judge is not available, to any other county court judge, to have the order discharged or varied.\n(2) An application under paragraph (1) shall be made in writing, setting out the grounds of the application and shall be served on—\n(a) the chief clerk [...] and\n(b) the constable [ or the financial investigator] who obtained the order.\n(3) The application may be determined by the judge either with or without a hearing and if a hearing is directed the chief clerk shall notify the parties of the time and place of the hearing.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words omitted by S.R. 2016 No. 297 with effect from 31.10.16"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Words inserted by S.R. 2001 No. 253 with effect from 24.02.03"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1979/90/rule/54",
    "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."
}