http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/253The Crown Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2001Crown courtsSUPREME COURT, NORTHERN IRELANDCROWN COURTStatute Law Database2025-04-18Expert Participation2003-12-01 These Rules amend the Crown Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979 to—prescribe the time when, and the manner in which, a legal representative is to be appointed to act for the defendant for the purpose of cross-examining any witness which the defendant is prevented from cross-examining in person by virtue of Article 22 or Article 23 of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999;provide for the appointment by the Court of a qualified legal representative where the defendant fails to appoint a legal representative to act for him;make a minor amendment to rule 54(2)(b) to take account of the additional powers conferred on financial investigators by the Financial Investigations (Northern Ireland) Order 2001. 2001 No. 253 SUPREME COURT, NORTHERN IRELAND CROWN COURT The Crown Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2001 Made 23rd June 2001 To be laid before Parliament Coming into operation in accordance with Rule 1 We, the Crown Court Rules Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred upon us by sections 52(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, Articles 26(6) and (7) and 39(1) of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and of all other powers enabling us in that behalf, hereby with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor make the following Rules:— Citation, commencement and interpretation11These Rules may be cited as the Crown Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2001.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Rule 2(b) shall come into operation on the same day as Article 4 of the Financial Investigations (Northern Ireland) Order 2001 comes into operation.4In these Rules, “the principal Rules” shall mean the Crown Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979 and a reference to a rule by number shall mean a rule so numbered in the principal Rules. Amendment to the principal Rules2The principal Rules shall be amended by—a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .binserting in rule 54(2)(b) after the words “the constable”, the words “or the financial investigator”. R. D. Carswell A. R. Hart J. Brady F. Keenan P. Lynch Dated 17th May 2001 I concur Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 23rd June 2001 (This note is not part of the Rules.)

These Rules amend the Crown Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979 to— a prescribe the time when, and the manner in which, a legal representative is to be appointed to act for the defendant for the purpose of cross-examining any witness which the defendant is prevented from cross-examining in person by virtue of Article 22 or Article 23 of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999; b provide for the appointment by the Court of a qualified legal representative where the defendant fails to appoint a legal representative to act for him; c make a minor amendment to rule 54(2)(b) to take account of the additional powers conferred on financial investigators by the Financial Investigations (Northern Ireland) Order 2001.

1978 c. 23 S.I. 1999 No. 2789 (N.I. 8) S.I. 2001 No. 1866(N.I. 1) S.R. 1979 No. 90; to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R. 1996 No. 71, S.R. 1996 No. 281 and S.R. 2000 No. 227 Rule 1 in operation at 23.6.2001, see rule 1Rule 2(b) in operation at 24.2.2003, see rule 1(3)Rule 1(2) revoked (1.12.2003) by The Crown Court (Amendment No. 3) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/471), rules 1(1), 2(1)(b)Rule 2(a) revoked (1.12.2003) by The Crown Court (Amendment No. 3) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/471), rules 1(1), 2(1)(b)