{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-52G",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-52G.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/52G",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "52G",
  "heading": "[ Notice of application for request for assistance",
  "text": "(1) An application under section 7(1) of the Act (request for assistance in obtaining evidence abroad) shall, subject to paragraph (2), be made by giving notice in writing to the clerk of petty sessions and shall—\n(a) state the particulars of the offence which it is alleged has been committed or the grounds upon which it is suspected that an offence has been committed;\n(b) state whether proceedings in respect of the offence have been instituted or the offence is being investigated; and\n(c) include particulars of the assistance requested in the form of a draft request for assistance.\n(2) The court may direct that paragraph (1) need not be complied with if it is satisfied that the applicant has good reason to make the application as soon as possible and it is not practicable to comply with that paragraph.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Rules 52G-52M inserted by S.R. 2010 No. 12 with effect from 1.3.10"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/rule/52G",
    "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."
}