{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-149J",
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  "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/149J",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "149J",
  "heading": "[ Witness Summonses",
  "text": "In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the applicant” means the applicant in relation to an application to which that rule applies; and\n“the directed person” and “the stipulated evidence, document or thing” have the same meaning as in Article 118A(8) of the Order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Rules 149J–149N inserted by S.R. 2011 No. 418 with effect from 1.1.12"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/rule/149J",
    "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."
}