Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates’ Courts (Injunctions: Gang-related Violence) Rules 2015.
(2) These Rules come into force on the day on which, and immediately after, section 18 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013(1) comes into force.
(3) In these Rules—
(a)“the 2009 Act” means the Policing and Crime Act 2009;
(b)a reference to a section or Schedule by number alone means the section or Schedule so numbered in the 2009 Act;
(c)“applicant” means the person applying or who applied for the injunction, and “respondent” means the person against whom the injunction is or was applied for;
(d)“defaulter” and “injunction applicant” have the meaning given in paragraph 1(9) of Schedule 5A to the 2009 Act;
(e)“injunction” means an injunction under section 34 of the 2009 Act.