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Explanatory note

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These Rules amend the Magistrates’ Courts (Criminal Justice (Children)) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999 [S.R.1999 No.7] (“the principal Rules”) in consequence of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (‘the 2008 Order’).

  • Rule 2(1) amends Form 3 of the principal Rules (Warrant for arrest of child) to show that the execution of the warrant may be proved in County Court Divisions other than the one in which it was issued, in accordance with Article 92 of the 2008 Order.

  • Rule 2(2) inserts a new form of warrant to be used where a court passes an indeterminate or extended custodial sentence on a child under Article 13 or 14 of the 2008 Order.