{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-sexual-offences-act-2003-rules-northern-ireland-2004/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-sexual-offences-act-2003-rules-northern-ireland-2004/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2004/203",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Sexual Offences Act 2003) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-sexual-offences-act-2003-rules-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Notification orders and interim notification orders",
  "text": "(1) A summons issued on foot of a complaint for –\n(a) a notification order under section 97 of the Act; or\n(b) an interim notification order under section 100 of the Act,\nshall be in Form 1.\n(2) If a defendant wishes to dispute that an offence referred to in the summons under paragraph (1) is a relevant offence he shall, not less than 3 days before the date on which the matter is to be heard, serve notice under section 99(3) of the Act on the complainant and, at the same time, shall serve a copy thereof on the clerk of petty sessions.\n(3) A notification order shall be in Form 2.\n(4) An interim notification order shall be in Form 3.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 3 in operation at 17.5.2004, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/203/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:57:45.692914+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."
}