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

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the Act” means the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996(1);

“acquitted person” means a person whose acquittal of an offence is the subject of a certification under section 54(2) of the Act and “acquittal” means the acquittal of that person of that offence;

“conviction” means the conviction which occasioned a certification under section 54(2) of the Act;

“deponent” means a deponent to an affidavit filed under rule 5, 7, 8 or 9;

“magistrates' court” has the same meaning as in Article 2 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(2);

“prosecution” means the individual or body which acted as the prosecution in the proceedings which led to the acquittal;

“record of court proceedings” means a transcript of the evidence in the proceedings which led to the conviction for the administration of justice offence referred to in section 54(1)(b) of the Act or, as the case may be, the proceedings which led to the acquittal.

(1)

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