{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-155",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-155.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/155",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "155",
  "heading": "Documents to be sent to the chief clerk and to the parties to the appeal",
  "text": "(1) As soon as practicable after complying with Rule 154 the clerk of petty sessions shall send to the chief clerk ...—\n(a) the copy of the notice of appeal;\n(b) the recognizance, if any, entered into by the appellant under Article 148 or Article 149 of the Order;\n(c) the form of appeal duly completed; [...]\n(d) all other proceedings in the case (including any written statements admitted in evidence under section 1 of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968) [ and any pre-sentence report or medical report, within the meaning of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, [ or the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008] which was considered at the trial of the appellant), and];\n[(e a copy of any entry in the Order Book made in pursuance of Article 10(7); 13(9); 15(4) or 19(5) of the 1996 Order, or under Rule 125A.]\n(2) The clerk of petty sessions shall at the same time send to the appellant and to the respondent a copy of the form of appeal.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 155(1) omitted (31.10.2016) by virtue of The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/304), rules 1, 3(36); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Word deleted by S.R. 1997 No. 529 with effect from 01.01.98"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Words inserted by S.R. 1997 No. 529 with effect from 01.01.98"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Words inserted by S.R. 2008 No. 251 with effect from 01.04.09"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Paragraph 1(e) inserted by S.R. 1997 No. 529 with effect from 01.01.98"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/rule/155",
    "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."
}