1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Crown Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2000 and except as provided by paragraph (2) shall come into operation on 21st August 2000.
(2) Rule 3 shall come into operation on the same day as Article 28 of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 comes into operation.
(3) In these Rules “the principal Rules” means the Crown Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979(1) and a reference to a rule or form by number shall mean a rule or form so numbered in the principal Rules.
S.R. 1979 No. 90; to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R. 1999 No. 491