The Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No.3) 2011

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2011 No. 229

Court Of Judicature, Northern Ireland

Procedure

The Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No.3) 2011

Made

20th June 2011

Coming into operation

25th July 2011

The Northern Ireland Court of Judicature Rules Committee(1) makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 55 and 55A of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978(2).

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No.3) 2011 and come into operation on 25th July 2011.

(2) In these Rules an Order or Form referred to by number or an Appendix referred to by letter means the Order or Form so numbered or the Appendix so lettered in the amended Rules.

Amendment

2.  In Order 93 of the Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland)1980(3), after rule 1(2)(t), insert—

“(u) the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations1999(4).”

Declan Morgan

W R B Stephens

Bernard McCloskey

Paul Maguire

Mark Horner

Dated 15th June 2011

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 55A (3) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, I allow these Rules.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 20th June 2011

David Ford

Minister of Justice

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) 1980 [S.R. 1980 No. 346] to provide for the award of penalties by the High Court under the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999 (S.I 1999/3323), in consequence of amendments made by the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1088).

(1)

The Northern Ireland Supreme Court Rules Committee was renamed the Northern Ireland Court of Judicature Rules Committee in accordance with section 59(3) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4).

(2)

1978 C.23; to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by paragraphs 29 and 30 of Schedule 5 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4).

(3)

S.R.1980 No. 346. The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 were re-named in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 11 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4). The most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R. 2008 No. 22 and S.R 2008 No. 401.

(4)

S.I.1999 / 3323.