Introductory text
Magistrates' Courts
Procedure
Made 2nd March 2016
Coming into operation 1st June 2016
The Magistrates' Courts Rules Committee makes and the Department of Justice, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, allows the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 13 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 M1 and sections 58 and 60 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 M2.
Annotations
Marginal citations
- M1
S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26); Article 13 was amended by paragraph 65 of Schedule 5 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4); paragraph 133 of Schedule 18 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976); and paragraph 4 of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (c.13).
- M2