Rule 31 Amendment to the Magistrates’ Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Seized Cash) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003

The Magistrates’ Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Seized Cash) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003^f1 are amended as follows—

(1)

Omit rule 2(b).

(2)

In rule 4—

(a)

in paragraph (1), omit “for the petty sessions district in which the cash was seized”; and

(b)

omit paragraph (2).

(3)

In rule 7(1), omit “for the petty sessions district in which the cash was seized”.

(4)

In rule 7A(1), omit “for the petty sessions district in which the cash was seized”.

(5)

In rule 8 —

(a)

in paragraph (1), omit “to whom the application for continued detention of the cash under section 295(4) has been sent”; and

(b)

omit paragraph (2).

(6)

In rule 10—

(a)

in paragraph (1), omit “for the petty sessions district in which the forfeiture order was made”;

(b)

in paragraph (5)(a), omit “for the county court division in which the appeal will be heard,”; and

(c)

in paragraph (6), omit “for the county court division for which that county court is held”.

(7)

In rule 11(1), omit “for the petty sessions district in which the cash was seized”.

(8)

In the Schedule—

(a)

in Forms 1 to 6, in the title, omit the large bracket, “Petty Sessions District of” and “County Court Division of”;

(b)

in Form 7—

(i)

in the title, omit the large bracket, “Petty Sessions District of” and “County Court Division of”; and

(ii)

at the end, for “for the petty sessions district of ….”, substitute “at…”;

(c)

in Form 8, in the title, omit the large bracket, “Petty Sessions District of” and “County Court Division of”;

(d)

in Form 9—

(i)

in the title, omit the large bracket, “Petty Sessions District of” and “County Court Division of”; and

(ii)

at the end, for “for the above-named Petty Sessions District”, substitute “at…”;

(e)

in Form 10—

(i)

in the title, omit the large bracket, “Petty Sessions District of” and “County Court Division of”; and

(ii)

for “for the above district”, substitute “sitting at…”; and

(f)

in Form 11—

(i)

in the title, omit the large bracket, “Petty Sessions District of” and “County Court Division of”; and

(ii)

for “for the above-named petty sessions district sitting”, substitute “sitting at…”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2003 No. 17 the most recent relevant amendment being S.R. 2010 No. 14