{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-anti-social-behaviour-orders-rules-northern-ireland-2004/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-anti-social-behaviour-orders-rules-northern-ireland-2004/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2004/324",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Anti-social Behaviour Orders) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-anti-social-behaviour-orders-rules-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Special measures for witnesses",
  "text": "Rules 149AA to 149AH (special measures for vulnerable or intimidated witnesses) of the Magistrates’ Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984 shall apply in relation to proceedings on an application for, or relating to the issue whether to make, vary or discharge an anti-social behaviour order as they apply in relation to criminal proceedings, subject to the following omissions and modifications—\n(a) in Rule 149AA(1), for “criminal proceedings”, substitute “proceedings on an application for, or relating to the issue whether to make, vary or discharge an anti-social behaviour order under the Anti-social Behaviour (Northern Ireland) Order 2004”;\n(b) Rule 149AA(3)(b) is omitted;\n(c) in Rule 149AA, any reference to Form 15B shall be construed as a reference to Form 6 in the Schedule;\n(d) in Rule 149AC(1)(a), for “the trial”, substitute “the hearing of any proceedings on an application for, or relating to the issue whether to make, vary or discharge an anti-social behaviour order under the Anti-social Behaviour (Northern Ireland) Order 2004”;\n(e) in Rule 149AC(3)(a), after “proceedings”, insert “and, were appropriate, any specified authority”;\n(f) Rule 149AF(3) is omitted;\n(g) in Rule 149AG(2)(a), “the offence charged” is omitted; and\n(h) Rules 149AG(6) to (13) are omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 5 inserted (16.7.2008) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Anti-social Behaviour Orders) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/253), rules 1, 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/324/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:56:48.025521+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."
}