{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/section-102A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/section-102A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/23",
  "legislation_title": "Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978",
  "path": "section/102A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "102A",
  "heading": "Enabling the public to see and hear proceedings",
  "text": "(1) If proceedings in a court or statutory tribunal are to be conducted wholly as video proceedings, whether or not as a result of directions given by the court or tribunal, the court or tribunal—\n(a) may direct that the proceedings are to be broadcast (in the manner specified in the direction) for the purpose of enabling members of the public to see and hear the proceedings;\n(b) may direct that a recording of the proceedings is to be made (in the manner specified in the direction) for the purpose of enabling the court or tribunal to keep an audio-visual record of the proceedings.\n(2) If proceedings in a court or statutory tribunal are to be conducted wholly as audio proceedings, whether or not as a result of directions given by the court or tribunal, the court or tribunal—\n(a) may direct that the proceedings are to be broadcast (in the manner specified in the direction) for the purpose of enabling members of the public to hear the proceedings;\n(b) may direct that a recording of the proceedings is to be made (in the manner specified in the direction) for the purpose of enabling the court or tribunal to keep an audio record of the proceedings.\n(3) A direction under this section may relate to the whole, or to part, of the proceedings concerned.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 9A inserted (temp. until 24.3.2027) (N.I.) (25.3.2020) by virtue of Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 87(1), Sch. 27 para. 8 (with ss. 88-90) (which affecting provision expires by virtue of Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 89 (with s. 90), but is continued by: S.R. 2022/24, arts. 1, 3; S.R. 2022/227, art. 2; S.R. 2023/46, art. 2; S.R. 2023/138, art. 2; S.R. 2024/72, art. 2; S.R. 2024/173, art. 2; S.R. 2025/61, art. 2; S.R. 2025/151, art. 2; S.R. 2026/55, art. 2; and S.R. 2026/161, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/23/section/102A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:23:00.123548+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."
}