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(1) These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Sex Offender Orders) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 10th February 2003.
(2) In these Rules, “the principal Rules” means the Magistrates' Courts (Sex Offender Orders) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1999.
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(1) After Rule 3 of the principal Rules, there shall be inserted the following new Rule:“
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(1) A summons issued on foot of a complaint for an interim sex offender order under Article 6A(2) of the 1998 Order shall be in Form 1 in the Schedule.
(2) An interim sex offender order shall be in Form 4 in the Schedule.
(3) A summons issued on foot of a complaint under Article 6A(6) of the 1998 Order (variation or discharge of interim sex offender order) shall be in Form 3 in the Schedule, and such proceedings shall be in a court of summary jurisdiction acting for the petty sessions district in which the interim sex offender order was made.”.
(2) In Rule 4 of the principal Rules, there shall be inserted after the words “a sex offender order”, in each of the four places in which they appear, the words “or interim sex offender order”.
(3) For the Schedule to the principal Rules, there shall be substituted the Schedule to these Rules.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 18th January 2003.
SCHEDULE
Rule 2(3)

Form 1
(Articles 6(2) and 6A(2), Rules 3 and 3A)
Form 2
(Article 6, Rule 3)
Form 3
(Article 6(6) and A(6), Rules 3 and 3A)
Form 4
(Article 6A, Rule 3A)