{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-domestic-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-2A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-domestic-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996/rule-2A.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/324",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates' Courts (Domestic Proceedings) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-domestic-proceedings-rules-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "rule/2A",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "2A",
  "heading": "Proceedings with respect to which a Resident Magistrate may discharge the functions of a court",
  "text": "Where an application is made ex parte for an occupation order or a non-molestation order under the Order of 1998, a resident magistrate may discharge the functions of a court of summary jurisdiction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 2A inserted (29.3.1999) by Magistrates' Courts (Domestic Proceedings) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999/62), rules 1(1), 3 (with rule 7); S.R. 1999/92, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/324/rule/2A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:34:42.479513+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."
}