{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/schedule-1/group-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/schedule-1/group-4.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/4",
  "kind": "group",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS TO MAGISTRATES’ COURTS",
  "text": "FORM 55\nMAGISTRATES’ COURTS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1981\n(Article 76; Rule 97)\nNotice of Appeal to Magistrates’ Court\n[FORM 55A\nMAGISTRATES’ COURTS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1981\n(Article 76; Rules 97 and 97A)\nCRIME (INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION) ACT 2003\n(Sections 59 and 62)\nNotice of Appeal to Magistrates’ Court\nFORM 56\nMAGISTRATES’ COURTS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1981\n(Article 76; Rule 97)\nNotice of Application to Magistrates’ Court",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Forms 55, 55A: in the title, the large bracket, the words “Petty Sessions District of” and “County Court Division of” 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. 41(1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Forms 55, 55A: the words “for the above-named petty sessions district” in each place where they occur 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. 41(2); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Form 56: in the title, the large bracket, the words “Petty Sessions District of” and “County Court Division of” 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. 42(1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Form 56: the words “for the above-named petty sessions district” in the first place where they occur 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. 42(2); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Form 56: at the end, the word “at…” substituted for “for the above-named petty sessions district” (31.10.2016) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/304), rule 1, Sch. para. 42(3); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "New Form 55A 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/schedule/1/group/4",
    "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."
}