{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-37",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-37.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/37",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Court may address accused through court official",
  "text": "It shall be sufficient compliance with the provisions of these Rules relating to a preliminary inquiry requiring the court to address the accused (whether in reading the charge, any written statement, asking any questions, giving information, administering a warning or otherwise) for the presiding district judge (magistrates’ court) or lay magistrate to cause the accused to be addressed in the appropriate manner by an official of the court.",
  "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/37",
    "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."
}