{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-153B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-153B.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/153B",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "153B",
  "heading": "Procedure on reconsideration of a decision to grant bail",
  "text": "(1) An application under Article 133A of the Order] shall be made by giving notice in Form 91C which shall—\n(a) contain a statement of the grounds upon which it is made;\n(b) specify the offence in connection with which the person to whom this application relates was released on bail;\n(c) specify the decision to be reconsidered (including any conditions of bail which have been imposed and why they have been imposed); and\n(d) specify the name and address of any surety provided by the person to whom the application relates before his release on bail.\n(2) The notice under paragraph (1) shall be served by the applicant—\n(a) on the clerk of petty sessions,\n(b) on the person to whom the application relates, and\n(c) on any surety specified in the application.\n(3) The clerk of petty sessions shall give notice of the date, time and place fixed for the hearing of the application to—\n(a) the applicant;\n(b) the person to whom the application relates; and\n(c) any surety specified in the application.\n(4) The time fixed for the hearing of the application shall be not later than 72 hours after receipt of the application, excluding weekends, Christmas Day, Good Friday and any bank holiday.\n(5) At the hearing of an application under Article 133A of the Order, the court shall consider any representations made by the person to whom the application relates (whether in writing or orally) before taking any decision under that Article with respect to him.\n(6) Where the person to whom the application relates does not appear before the court, the court shall not determine the application unless it is satisfied that the notice under paragraph (4) was served on that person before the hearing.\n(7) The clerk of petty sessions shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, notify the person to whom the application relates and any surety specified in the application of the decision of the court in Form 91D.\n(8) Where the court proceeds in accordance with paragraph (6) to hear the application in the absence of the person to whom it relates and directs that bail be withheld—\n(a) the order under Article 133A(4)(b) that the person surrender himself forthwith to the custody of the court shall be in Form 91E and shall be signed by the district judge (magistrates’ court); and\n(b) the clerk of petty sessions shall serve a copy of that order on the person to whom the application relates.\n(9) Any document required by this Rule to be served on the person to whom the application relates shall be served in accordance with section 24(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.\n(10) Any document required by this Rule to be served on a surety shall be served by ordinary first class post (in which case the document shall be deemed to have been received by him in the ordinary course of post unless the surety proves that he did not receive it).]",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 153B(2) substituted (31.10.2016) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/304), rules 1, 3(35); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/rule/153B",
    "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."
}