{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/93",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules amend the Magistrates’ Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984 (S.R. 1984 No. 225) to —\nprescribe the process for the defence to bring an application for an order for access to premises under section 94(1) of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015; and\nto substitute an amended form of summons (Form 2) to take account of the power of a Public Prosecutor to issue a summons in accordance with section 93 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/93/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:57:58.324054+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."
}