{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-rules-northern-ireland-1979/rule-77",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-rules-northern-ireland-1979/rule-77.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/77",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "77",
  "heading": "Postponement",
  "text": "(1) Notice of an application under section 164(7) shall be made to the chief clerk in writing and at the same time a copy served on the opposite party who shall within 28 days notify the applicant and the chief clerk, in writing, whether or not he proposes to oppose the application, giving the reason for any such opposition.\n(2) After the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph (1), the Court shall determine whether the application is to be dealt with—\n(a) without a hearing, or\n(b) at a hearing at which the parties may be represented,\nand the chief clerk shall inform the parties accordingly.\n(3) Where the Court makes an order pursuant to an application under section 164(7), the chief clerk shall forthwith send a copy of the order to the applicant and to the opposite party.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1979/90/rule/77",
    "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."
}