{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-124",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-124.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1984/225",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates’ Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984",
  "path": "rule/124",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "124",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Section F",
  "text": "In this Section-\n(a) “the 1996 Order” means the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;\n[(aa “the 2008 Order” means the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008;]\n(b) “pre-sentence report”; “community order”; “custodial sentence”; “custody probation order”; and “mentally disordered” have the meanings assigned to them by Article 2(2) of the 1996 Order;\n(c) “medical report” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 22(5) of the 1996 Order;\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 124(d) omitted (31.10.2016) by virtue of The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/304), rules 1, 3(23); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words inserted by S.R. 2008 No. 251 with effect from 01.04.09"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/rule/124",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:32:12.928261+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."
}