# Magistrates' Courts (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Rules.)
These Rules amend the Magistrates' Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984 (the principal Rules) so as to reflect the amendments to the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (the 1989 Order) made by paragraphs 37 and 38 of Schedule 5 to the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.
The Rules insert a new Rule 149AA into the principal Rules to provide for applications to magistrates' courts for leave under Article 81A of the 1989 Order (video recordings of testimony from child witnesses).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/6/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1999/note
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