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The Magistrates' Courts (Children’s Evidence) (Notices of Transfer) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996
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- 1996 No. 127
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These Rules provide for the procedure to be followed in magistrates' courts where a notice of transfer is given under Article 4(1) of the Children’s Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 which comes into operation on 8th April 1996.
Rule 3 provides that where a magistrates' court has ordered that a person, to whom a notice of transfer relates, be kept in custody, a warrant of commitment (in Form 1) shall be issued.
Rule 4 provides that where a recognizance is enlarged in a surety’s absence the clerk of petty sessions shall inform the surety of the court’s decision.
Rule 5 provides for certain documents to be sent to the Crown Court by the magistrates' court to which a notice of transfer has been given.
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