{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-153C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-153C.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/153C",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "153C",
  "heading": "[ Compassionate bail",
  "text": "(1) An application for compassionate bail under section 91 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 shall be made by giving notice in Form 96A.\n(2) The notice under paragraph (1) must be served by the applicant on the clerk of petty sessions and the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.\n(3) An application under paragraph (1) must be listed by the clerk of petty sessions not later than 72 hours after receipt of the application by the clerk of petty sessions, excluding weekends, Christmas Day, Good Friday and any bank holiday.\n(4) The clerk of petty sessions must inform the defendant, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland and the governor of the prison or other place in which the defendant is being detained of the time and place of the hearing.\n(5) The clerk of petty sessions shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after the determination of the application under paragraph (1), notify the defendant, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the governor of the prison or other place in which the defendant is being detained of the decision of the court in Form 96B.]",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Rule 153C inserted by S.R. 2012 No. 189 with effect from 11.06.12"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/rule/153C",
    "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."
}