
1 
These Rules may be cited as the County Court (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 and shall come into operation on 7th November 2016.
2 
In these Rules—
(a) “the principal Rules” means the County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981; and
(b) a reference to an Order, Rule, paragraph, Appendix or Form is a reference to that Order, Rule, paragraph, Appendix or Form so numbered in the principal Rules.
3 
The principal Rules are amended as follows—
(1) In Order 48, Rule 3—
(a) in paragraph (3), for “or indoor arena” substitute “, indoor arena or outdoor stadium”; and
(b) after paragraph (3), insert—“
(4) Where the application is for the grant or declaration of the final grant of a licence for an outdoor stadium, evidence that the premises comply with Article 2AA(c) of the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 as being premises which are designated in Regulations as a stadium which the Department considers to be of importance to the whole of Northern Ireland shall be given at the hearing of the application by production of a copy of the relevant Regulations.”.
(2) Appendix 1 shall be amended as follows—
(a) by inserting after Form 200A, the new Form 200B in the Schedule to these Rules: and
(b) in Form 209, after “[k]”, insert “[l]”.
D K McFarland
Alistair F Devlin
Patrick Mullarkey
R Collins
Fiona Fee
Dated 28th September 2016In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 47(4) of the County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980, I allow these Rules.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 17th October 2016
Claire Sugden
Minister of Justice

SCHEDULE
Rule 3(2)(a)
