Statutory Rule 1997 No. 265

The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No. 2) 1997

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1997 No. 265

SUPREME COURT, NORTHERN IRELAND

PROCEDURE

The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No. 2) 1997

We, the Northern Ireland Supreme Court Rules Committee, being the authority having for the time being power under section 55 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978^[1] to make, amend or revoke rules regulating the practice and procedure of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland, hereby, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, exercise those powers as follows:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1.—(1)  These Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No. 2) 1997 and shall come into operation on 30th June 1997.

    (2)  In these Rules—
"the principal rules" means the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980^[2] and an Order referred to by number or an Appendix referred to by letter means the Order so numbered and the Appendix so lettered in the principal rules.

Arrangement of Orders
    2.    The Arrangement of Orders at the beginning of the principal rules shall be amended by adding at the end—
    "118.    The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996^[3]" .

Business of the Supreme Court
    3.    Order 1 rule 11 shall be amended by adding after paragraph (h), the following new paragraph—
"(i) applications under section 54(3) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996." .

Contents of affidavit
    4.    Order 41 rule 5(1) shall be amended by inserting after sub-paragraph (g), the following new sub-paragraph—
"(h) Order 118 rule 5(2), rule 7, rule 8(1) and rule 9;" .

Amendment of the principal rules
    5.—(1)  After Order 117 there shall be inserted the Order set out in Schedule 1 to these Rules.

    (2)  For Form No. 38 in Appendix A there shall be substituted the Form set out in Schedule 2 to these Rules.

R. D. Carswell

John MacDermott

Anthony Campbell

Brian Kerr

Hugh P. Kennedy

R. E. Weatherup

Tony Caher

Dated 15th May 1997.
I concur

Irvine of Lairg,
C.

Dated 2nd June 1997.

[1] 1978 c. 23 back

[2] S.R. 1980 No. 346; to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R. 1992 No. 2 and S.R. 1996 No. 282 back

[3] 1996 c. 25; as modified in its application to Northern Ireland by Schedule 4 to the Act. back

Explanatory Note