The Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996) (Tainted Acquittals) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1997

Entry in the Order Book — acquittal before a court of summary jurisdiction

6.—(1) Where an acquittal has taken place before a court of summary jurisdiction, the clerk of petty sessions shall—

(a) as soon as is practicable after receipt, from the court which has made the certification under section 54(2) relating to the acquittal, of a copy of a form recording the certification (being a copy of Form 1 where the certification has been made by a court of summary jurisdiction), or,

(b) where the court which made the certification under section 54(2) is a court of summary jurisdiction sitting for the same petty sessions district as the court before which the acquittal has taken place, as soon as is practicable after the making of the certification,

enter in the Order Book of the court in relation to the acquittal—

(i) a note that certification has been made;

(ii) the date of the certification;

(iii) the name of the court which has made the certification;

(iv) the name of the person whose conviction occasioned the making of the certification; and

(v) a description of the offence of which that person has been convicted.

(2) The entry in the Order Book required to be made in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) shall be signed by the clerk of petty sessions of the court before which the acquittal has taken place and rule 19(2) of the Magistrates' Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984 shall not apply.