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Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates’ Courts (Banning Orders) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on the same day as Part 4, Chapter 4 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011f1 comes into operation.

(2)

In these Rules—

(a)

“the 2011 Act” means the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 and expressions used in these Rules and in the 2011 Act have the same meaning as in the 2011 Act;

(b)

“P” means the person who is subject to the banning order; and

(c)

a reference to a Form by number means the Form so numbered in the Schedule to these Rules or a Form to the like effect.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Rule 1 in operation at 1.1.2012, see rule 1 and S.R. 2011/370, art. 3(d)

Footnotes

f1

2011 c. 24 (N.I.)