Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 4th November 1996.

(2)

In these rules the ‘Principal Rules' means the Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1969^f1 and a reference to a rule or form by number means the rule or form so numbered in the Principal Rules.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1969 No. 221 as amended by S.R. 1971 No. 179; S.R. 1973 No. 346; S.R. 1977 No. 172 and S.R. 1996 No. 126