Rule 2 Interpretation

Northern Ireland

(1)

In these Rules “the Order” means the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.

(2)

Any reference in these Rules to members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland shall include a reference to members of the Reserve on duty with the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

(3)

In these Rules:—

F1“administrative court division” means such division specified under section 2 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 for any purposes of a county court;

(a)

“a chief clerk” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2(2) of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980^f1; and

[(aa

^f2 “criminal justice organisation” means any one of the following organisations—

(i)

Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service;

(ii)

Police Service of Northern Ireland; or

(iii)

Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland;

(ab)

“data sharing mechanism” is an electronic mechanism which allows criminal justice organisations to share information with each other electronically;

(ac)

“electronic report” means a report generated by the computer system of a criminal justice organisation which is shared with other criminal justice organisations through a data sharing mechanism and which shall contain information as prescribed in Rule 11 (7A)(b);]

(b)

[^f3... ];

[(c

“the 1999 Order” means the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999^f4].

[(d

“the 1999 Act” means the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999^f5].

[(e

“the 2004 Order” means the Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004^f6].

(4)

Any reference in the Rules to a Form by number is a reference to that Form so numbered in Schedule 1.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in rule 2 inserted (31.10.2016) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/304), rules 1, 3(1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1980/397 (N.I. 3)
f2: Inserted by S.R. 2009 No. 47 with effect from 10.4.09
f3: Rule 2(3)(b) omitted by S.R. 2008 No. 251 with effect from 16.07.08
f4: Inserted by S.R. 2003 No. 296 with effect from 30.6.03
f5: Inserted by S.R. 2004 No. 299 with effect from 26.7.04
f6: Inserted by S.R. 2005 No. 162 with effect from 18.04.05