The Magistrates’ Courts (Sexual Offences Act 2003) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2010

Citation and commencement

1.  These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates’ Courts (Sexual Offences Act 2003) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2010, and shall come into operation on the same day as sections 24 and 25 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009(1) come into force.

Amendments to the Magistrates’ Courts (Sexual Offences Act 2003) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2004

2.  The Magistrates’ Courts (Sexual Offences Act 2003) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2004(2) are amended as follows—

(a) in rule 8(2), “, renewal” is omitted;

(b) in the Schedule,

(i) for Form 7, substitute the new Form 7 as set out in the Schedule to these Rules; and

(ii) for Form 8, substitute the new Form 8 as set out in the Schedule to these Rules.

George Conner

John Rea

Peter Luney

John P B Maxwell

Nigel Broderick

Dated 26th January 2010