County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981

Statement admissible under section 1 of the Act of 1971: contents of notice

25.—(1) If the statement is admissible under section 1 of the Act of 1971, the notice shall be in Form 120 and there shall be annexed to it a copy or transcript of the document containing the statement, or of the relevant part thereof, and the notice must contain—

(a) particulars of—

(i) the person by whom the record containing the statement was compiled;

(ii) the person who originally supplied the information from which the record was compiled; and

(iii) any other person through whom that information was supplied to the compiler of that record;

and in the case of arty such person as is referred to in sub-paragraph (i) or (iii) above, a description of the duty under which that person was acting when compiling that record or supplying information from which that record was compiled, as the case may be;

(b) if not apparent on the face of the document annexed to the notice, a description of the nature of the record which, or part of which, contains the statement; and

(c) particulars of the time, place and circumstances at or in which that record or part was compiled.

(2) If the party giving the notice alleges that any person, particulars of whom are contained in the notice, cannot or should not be called as a witness at the hearing for any of the reasons specified in Rule 27, the notice must contain a statement to that effect specifying the reason relied on.