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[^f00001], Articles 26(6) and (7) and 39(1) of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999[^f00002] 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 interpretation

1

• (1) These Rules may be cited as the Crown Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2001.

• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3) Rule 2(b) shall come into operation on the same day as Article 4 of the Financial Investigations (Northern Ireland) Order 2001[^f00003] comes into operation.

• (4) In these Rules, “the principal Rules” shall mean the Crown Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979[^f00004] and a reference to a rule by number shall mean a rule so numbered in the principal Rules.

Amendment to the principal Rules

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The principal Rules shall be amended by—

• (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (b) inserting in rule 54(2)(b) after the words “the constable”, the words “or the financial investigator”.

Signed

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

Explanatory note

(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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1978 c. 23

[^f00002]: S.I. 1999 No. 2789 (N.I. 8)

[^f00003]: S.I. 2001 No. 1866(N.I. 1)

[^f00004]: 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

Editorial notes

[^key-8f841c457ef98c5804fd9eeaec289a5c]: Rule 1 in operation at 23.6.2001, see rule 1

[^key-b0123e5acd5d64d15a1abf6242b58d58]: Rule 2(b) in operation at 24.2.2003, see rule 1(3)

[^key-828fff3f0589456105d1a0e28f5d4424]: 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)

[^key-3a9b7bbc1bd15248205527dbcc336950]: 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)