The Magistrates’ Courts (Criminal Justice (Children)) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2011

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2011 No. 60

Magistrates’ Courts

The Magistrates’ Courts (Criminal Justice (Children)) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2011

Made

1st March 2011

Coming into operation

25th March 2011

The Magistrates’ Courts Rules Committee makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 13 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1), after consultation with the Department of Justice and with the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates’ Courts (Criminal Justice (Children)) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on 25th March 2011.

Amendment of the Magistrates’ Courts (Criminal Justice (Children)) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999(2)

2.  In Form 1 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Criminal Justice (Children)) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999, in the heading, for “Articles 14 and 15;” substitute “Article 14;”.

Liam McNally

Peter Luney

John Rea

Nigel Broderick

Dated 1st March 2011

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the Magistrates’ Courts (Criminal Justice (Children)) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999 [S.R.1999 No.7] to remove the reference to Article 15 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 in the heading of Form 1.

(1)

S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26); Article 13 was amended by paragraph 65 of Schedule 5 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4) and paragraph 133(a) of Part 2 to Schedule 18 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 ( S.I. 2010 No.976).

(2)

S.R. 1999/7; to which the most recent relevant amendment was made by the Magistrates’ Courts (Criminal Justice (Children)) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009 No.311).