{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/schedule-1/group-1/part-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/schedule-1/group-1/part-5.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": "schedule/1/group/1/part/5",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "F. Forms used in connection with Summary Trial of ",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "FORM 30\nMAGISTRATES’ COURTS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1981\n(Articles 20 and 45; Rules 8 and 44(1))\nSummons to Defendant to answer Complaint charging an Indictable Offence specified in Schedule 2 to the Order\n[... ] FORM 30A\nFORM 31\nMAGISTRATES’ COURTS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1981\n(Article 45; Rule 44(1))\nNotice under Article 45 of the above Order of 1981 to be given to an arrested person accused of an offence specified in Schedule 2 to that Order as soon as practicable after he has been formally charged with such Offence\n[... ] FORM 31A\nFORM 32\nMAGISTRATES’ COURTS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1981\n(Article 45; Rule 44(2))\nWritten Waiver of Requirement of Notice under Article 45 of the Order\n[... ]",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Form 30: the words “in the said petty sessions district and county court division” omitted (31.10.2016) by virtue of The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/304), rule 1, Sch. para. 34(1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Form 30: the words “of the said county court division” omitted (31.10.2016) by virtue of The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/304), rule 1, Sch. para. 34(2); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Form 30A omitted by S.R. 2008 No. 251 with effect from 16.07.08"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Form 31A omitted by S.R. 2008 No. 251 with effect from 16.07.08"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Form 32A omitted by S.R. 2008 No. 251 with effect from 16.07.08"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/schedule/1/group/1/part/5",
    "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."
}