# Magistrates’ Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984, Rule 43: Conditions to be complied with before preliminary ... inquiry

Extent: N.I.

Where an adult is charged with an indictable offence specified in Schedule 2 to the Order, a lay magistrate (other than a district judge (magistrates’ court)) shall not proceed to conduct a ... preliminary inquiry unless he is informed that—
(a) the prosecutor will not in any event consent to summary trial of the charge under Article 45 of the Order; or
(b) a district judge (magistrates’ court) has decided that it is not expedient to deal with the charge summarily.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/rule/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-43
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