The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2003

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2003 and subject to paragraph (2) shall come into operation on 28th February 2003.

(2) Rule 4(2) shall come into operation on the same day as section 190 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002(1) comes into force.

2.  In these Rules, “the principal rules” means the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980(2) and an Order referred to by a number or an Appendix referred to by a letter means the Order so numbered or the Appendix so lettered in the principal rules.

Arrangement of Orders

3.  The Arrangement of Orders at the beginning of the principal rules shall be amended by adding after the entry relating to Order 122, the following –

“123.   The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 – Civil Recovery”

Amendment of the principal Rules

4.—(1) After Order 122 there shall be added the Order set out in Schedule 1 to these Rules.

(2) Order 116 shall be amended by inserting, after rule 41, the Part set out in Schedule 2 to these Rules.

Amendment of Appendix A

5.  In Appendix A after Form No. 71 there shall be inserted the Forms set out in Schedule 3 to these Rules.

R. D. Carswell

Antony Campbell

Brian Kerr

F. P. Girvan

Declan Morgan

Mark Horner

Caroline McGonagle

Tony Caher

Dated 29th January 2003

I concur,

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 3rd February 2003