Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2009 No. 209
Supreme Court, Northern Ireland
Procedure
The Criminal Appeal (Offenders Assisting Investigations and Prosecutions) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009
Made
20th May 2009
Coming into operation
30th June 2009
To be laid before Parliament
The Northern Ireland Supreme Court Rules Committee makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 55 and 55A of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978(1).
Citation and commencement
1. These Rules may be cited as the Criminal Appeal (Offenders Assisting Investigations and Prosecutions) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 30th June 2009.
Amendments
2. The Schedule to the Criminal Appeal (Offenders Assisting Investigations and Prosecutions) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2008(2) shall be amended by substituting for Form 4, the new Form 4 set out in the Schedule to these Rules.
Brian Kerr
Patrick Coghlin
Declan Morgan
John Gillen
Tony Caher
Dated 13th May 2009
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.
Bridget Prentice
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
Dated 20th May 2009
Rule 2
SCHEDULE
PART BAPPLICATION FOR DETERMINATION BY THE COURT
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend the Criminal Appeal (Offenders Assisting Investigations and Prosecutions) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008 No.23) by substituting Form 4 of the Rules. Part A of the substituted Form prescribes the form of notification of a determination by a single judge, of an application relating to the discounting of sentences of offenders offering assistance to prosecutors. Part B of the Form prescribes the form of application for determination by the Court of Appeal by parties aggrieved by the decision of a single judge.
1978 c.23. to which the most recent relevant amendment was made by paragraphs 29 and 30 of Schedule 5 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4).