{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-children-rules-northern-ireland-1999/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-children-rules-northern-ireland-1999/article-7.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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Evidence in support of charge or application",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) the child is charged with an offence and does not admit the charge; or\n(b) the proceedings are of a kind mentioned in Rule 3(2),\nthe court shall hear the evidence of the witnesses in support of the charge or, as the case may be, the application.\n(2) Except where—\n(a) the proceedings are of a kind mentioned in Rule 3(2); and\n(b) the child is the applicant,\neach witness may at the close of his evidence-in-chief be cross-examined by or on behalf of the child.\n(3) If in any case where the child is not legally represented or assisted in his defence as provided by Rule 4, the child, instead of asking questions by way of cross-examination, makes assertions, the court shall then put to the witness such questions as it thinks necessary on behalf of the child and may for this purpose question the child in order to bring out or clear up any point arising out of any such assertions.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 7 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/7",
    "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."
}