Citation, commencement and interpretation
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1.—(1) These Rules shall be cited as the Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2017.
(2) These Rules shall come into operation on 8th January 2018 and shall apply to proceedings lodged on or after that date.
(3) In these Rules “the principal Rules” means the Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) 1980(1); and an Order or rule referred to by number means the Order or rule so numbered in the principal Rules.
(1)
S.R. 1980 No. 346; The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 were renamed 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. 1989 No. 289, S.R. 1993 No. 143 and S.R. 2016 No. 299.