Introductory text

Magistrates’ Courts

Made 16th December 2019

Coming into operation in accordance with rule 1

The Magistrates’ Courts Rules Committee makes and the Department of Justice, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, allows the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 13 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981^f1, Article 165 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f2 and section 48 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982^f3.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26); Article 13 was amended by paragraph 65 of Schedule 5 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4); paragraph 133 of Schedule 18 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976) and paragraph 4 of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c.13).
f2: S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2).
f3: 1982 c.27. Section 48 was amended by section 3 of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 2 to, the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991 (c.12) and Article 4 and paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3929) and regulation 5 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) (Rules of Court) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1215). Regulation 7 of the 2011 Regulations applies section 48 to authentic instruments and court settlements.