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The Magistrates' Courts (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2004
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- 2004 No. 204
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These Rules amend the Magistrates' Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984 (“the principal Rules”) and contain provision relating to the service of United Kingdom processes abroad under the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (“the Act”).
Rule 2 inserts new Rules 52D-52F into the principal Rules. New Rule 52D provides an interpretation of certain terms used in the new Rules.
New Rule 52E prescribes the information that shall be contained within the notice required by section 3(4) of the Act to accompany process served outside the United Kingdom.
New Rule 52F provides that service of a process under section 4 of the Act may be proved by a certificate given by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, which shall be admissible as evidence of any facts stated therein.
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