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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-stalking-protection-orders-rules-northern-ireland-2023/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2023/175",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Stalking Protection Orders) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-stalking-protection-orders-rules-northern-ireland-2023",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules contain provisions relating to sections 6 to 16 of the Protection from Stalking Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (2022 c.17) which make provision in relation to stalking protection orders.\nRule 2 prescribes the procedure for an application for a stalking protection order and an interim stalking protection order.\nRule 3 prescribes the procedure for an application for variation, renewal or discharge of a stalking protection order or an interim stalking protection order.\nRule 4 prescribes the manner in which a summons or an order required to be served under these Rules may be served.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/175/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:30:32.063985+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."
}