Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Justice (Children)) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999

Right to claim trial by jury for certain summary offences

14.  Nothing in these Rules shall affect the right of a child apparently over the age of 14 to claim trial by jury under Article 29 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and, accordingly, Rule 24 of the principal Rules shall apply where a child over the age of 14 is charged with an offence to which that Article applies.