Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Rules.)
These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 so as to:
assign proceedings under the Competition Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”) and Part III of the Fair Trading Act 1973 to the Chancery Division;
provide for the procedure on an application for a warrant under section 28, 62 or 63 of the 1998 Act and the form of a warrant;
provide for the procedure on an application for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal from the Appeal Tribunal established under section 48 of the 1998 Act and constituted under Part III of Schedule 7 to that Act;
provide for an appeal to the Court of Appeal under section 92(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 to be by way of case stated; and
make a minor amendment to Order 121 (Human Rights Act 1998).