Magistrates' Courts (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1998

Made: 21st November 1998

Coming into operation: 14th December 1998

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 13 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, on the advice of the Magistrates' Courts Rules Committee and after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, hereby makes the following Rules:–

Citation and commencement

1

These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 14th December 1998.

Amendment to Schedule 1

2

For Form 2B in Schedule 1 to the Magistrates' Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984[^f00002], there shall be substituted the new Form 2B set out in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Signed

Irvine of Lairg, C. — Dated 21st November 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules.)

These Rules amend the Magistrates' Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984, to prescribe a new form of words, to be endorsed on relevant summonses, putting a defendant on notice that he is required to produce to the court either before or at the hearing–

• (a) his licence and its counterpart, in accordance with the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1996; and/or,

• (b) his test certificate, in accordance with the Road Traffic (New Drivers) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26)

[^f00002]: S.R. 1984 No. 225; to which the most recent relevant amendment was made by S.R. 1997 No. 428