{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-children-rules-northern-ireland-1999/article-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-children-rules-northern-ireland-1999/article-11.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/7",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Justice (Children)) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-children-rules-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Duty of court to explain manner in which it proposes to deal with case and effect of order",
  "text": "(1) The court shall, unless it thinks it undesirable to do so, inform the parent or guardian, if present, or any person assisting him in his case, of the manner in which it proposes to deal with the child and allow any of those persons so informed to make representations.\n(2) On making any order, the court shall explain the general nature and effect of the order unless it thinks it undesirable to do so.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 11 in operation at 31.1.1999, see rule 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/7/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:21:37.458719+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."
}