# Magistrates' Courts (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1997, Article 7: Warrants


(1) Rule 14 shall be amended in accordance with this Rule.
(2) In paragraph (1) for the words “paragraph (2)” substitute the words “paragraphs (2) and (2A)”;
(3) After paragraph (2) insert the following new paragraph (2A)—
“(2A) A warrant issued under the Road Traffic Fixed Penalties (Enforcement of Fines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 shall be signed by a resident magistrate or justice of the peace but shall not in any case be signed by the clerk of petty sessions.”;
(4) After paragraph (5) insert the following new paragraph—
“(6) Where—
(a) a warrant for the arrest of a defendant is issued under Regulation 4(2)(b) or 5(5) of the Road Traffic Fixed Penalties (Enforcement of Fines) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997; and
(b) the court before which the defendant is brought is not acting for the same petty sessions district as the court in which the sum is registered as a fine;
the clerk of petty sessions for the court before which the defendant is brought shall forward a copy of any order made by that court to the clerk of petty sessions for the court in which the sum is registered as a fine.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/428/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1997/article-7
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