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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-168",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-168.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/168",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "168",
  "heading": "Application to discharge an investigation anonymity order",
  "text": "(1) An application to discharge an investigation anonymity order under section 80 shall—\n(a) be made in writing;\n(b) set out the material change of circumstances since the order was made, or since any previous application was made to discharge it, explaining why it is appropriate for the order to be discharged;\n(c) inform the court if the applicant intends to appeal against a decision of the court regarding the discharge of the order; and\n(d) attach a copy of the original order along with any material on which the applicant intends to rely.\n(2) A copy of an application under paragraph (1) shall be served, by the applicant, as soon as reasonably practicable on the clerk of petty sessions, and where not the applicant, on—\n(a) the person on whose application the relevant investigation anonymity order was made; or\n(b) the specified person.\n(3) The clerk of petty sessions shall fix a date for the hearing of the application and shall notify the applicant and any other person to whom notice of the application has been given, of the time and placing of hearing.\n(4) The clerk of petty sessions shall, as soon as practicable, after the determination of an application under paragraph (1), notify the parties of the decision in Form 126.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/rule/168",
    "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."
}