The Magistrates’ Courts (Violent Offences Prevention Orders) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules contain provisions relating to Part 8 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (2015 c.9) which makes provision in relation to violent offences prevention orders.

Rule 2 prescribes the procedure for an application for a violent offences prevention order and an interim violent offences prevention order.

Rule 3 prescribes the procedure for an application for variation renewal or discharge of a violent offences prevention order or for the variation or discharge of an interim violent offences prevention order.

Rule 4 prescribes the manner in which a summons or an order required to be served under these Rules may be served.