Article 3 Endorsement of warrants of commitment as to release on bail

In Rule 16 after paragraph (1), there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—

“(1A)

Where under Article 5(5)(a) or Article 28(2)(b) of, or Schedule 2 to, the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, the court commits an offender in custody until he can be brought or appear before the Crown Court, it may certify its consent to bail by endorsement on the warrant of commitment in Form 11A and the certificate of such consent may be signed on behalf of the court by the clerk of petty sessions.”.