The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 No. 1675 (NI. 26)

PART VIII N.I. CIVIL PROCEEDINGS UPON COMPLAINT

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. VIII (arts. 77-90) applied (1.10.2009) by Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28), ss. 58, 100(5), Sch. 5 paras. 5(3), 10(2) (with s. 101(2)); S.I. 2009/1493, art. 2(a)(c)

C2 Pt. VIII (arts. 77-90) applied (prosp.) by Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 12), ss. 147(4), 185(1)

Procedure upon complaint N.I.

Non-appearance of complainant N.I.

82.  Where at the time and place appointed for the hearing or adjourned hearing of a complaint in a civil matter the defendant appears but the complainant does not, the court may dismiss the complaint, order it to be struck out, adjourn, further adjourn, or, if sufficient evidence has been received on a previous occasion, proceed in the absence of the complainant.