Rule 156 Procedure after appeal to county court is determined
Northern Ireland
f1 After the county court has decided an appeal from a magistrates’ court, the chief clerk F1..., within seven days of such decision,
shall certify such decision; and
in any case in which the county court has determined that a right or rights of the appellant under Article 5 of the Convention were infringed by the making of the order to which the appeal relates shall so specify, at the foot of the form of appeal and shall transmit the form of appeal to the clerk of petty sessions who shall enter the details referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) as appropriate in his Order Book.
In this Rule, “the Convention” has the same meaning as in section 21 of the Human Rights Act 1998f2.]
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in rule 156(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(37); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)
Footnotes
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Rule 156 substituted by S.R. 2000 No. 279 with effect from 02.10.00
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