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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-violent-offences-prevention-orders-rules-northern-ireland-2016/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/94",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Violent Offences Prevention Orders) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016",
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  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Violent offences prevention orders and interim violent offences prevention orders",
  "text": "(1) A summons issued on foot of a complaint for—\n(a) a violent offences prevention order under section 57 of the Act; or\n(b) an interim violent offences prevention order under section 61 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 of the hearing, serve notice under section 58(6) of the Act on the Chief Constable and, at the same time, he shall serve a copy on the clerk of petty sessions.\n(3) A violent offences prevention order shall be in Form 2.\n(4) An interim violent offences prevention order shall be in Form 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/94/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:57:57.521000+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."
}