# Magistrates’ Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984, Rule 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

(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:—
“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; and
[(aa “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) [... ];
[(c “the 1999 Order” means the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999].
[(d “the 1999 Act” means the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999].
[(e “the 2004 Order” means the Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004].
(4) Any reference in the Rules to a Form by number is a reference to that Form so numbered in Schedule 1.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/rule/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-2
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