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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Court Of Judicature, Northern Ireland
Procedure
Made
4th July 2012
Coming into operation
1st August 2012
1. These Rules may be cited as the Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No.2) 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2012.
2. Order 116B of the Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) 1980(3) shall be amended as follows—
(a)in rule 13(2)(b), for “application” substitute “appeal”;
(b)in rule 28—
(i)in paragraph (1)(b)(ii), insert “or” after “case;”; and
(ii)omit paragraphs (1)(b) (iii) and (1A).
Declan Morgan
John Gillen
W R B Stephens
F P Girvan
Dated 2nd July 2012
Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 55A (3) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, I allow these Rules.
J Djanogly
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
Dated 4th July 2012
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules make minor amendments to Order 116B of the Rules of the Court of Judicature (Northern Ireland) 1980 [S.R. 1980 No. 346] to provide greater clarity in relation to the process for an appeal to the High Court in respect of a designation decision under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010; and to omit the obligation in rule 28 (Search for lodging of and service of material) to lodge and serve material which the disclosing party does not rely upon, but which adversely affects the other party’s case.
The Northern Ireland Supreme Court Rules Committee was re-named the Northern Ireland Court of Judicature Rules Committee in accordance with section 59(3) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4).
1978 c.23; to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by Article 15 of and Schedule 17 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.R. 2010. No. 976) and paragraphs 29 and 30 of Schedule 5 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4).
S.R. 1980 No. 346; the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 were re-named in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 11 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4). The most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R. 2008 No.479 and S.R. 2010 No. 430.