
1 
These Rules may be cited as the Criminal Appeal (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Rules 2001 and shall come into operation on 16th July 2001.
2 
The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1968 shall be amended as follows—
(a) in Rule 2(1), by substituting for the words “the Registrar” to “under the Act;”, the following—“
 “the proper officer” means the Master (Queen’s Bench and Appeals) and includes any other officer of the Supreme Court directed by the Lord Chief Justice to exercise the powers and duties of the Master (Queen’s Bench and Appeals) under the Act;”;
(b) in Rules 3 to 38 and in the Schedule, by substituting for any reference to “the Registrar” wherever it appears, a reference to “the proper officer”;
(c) in Rule 5(2)(ab), by substituting for the words “sub-paragraph (a)(i)”, the words “sub-paragraph (aa)(i)”;
(d) in Rule 21,
(i) by revoking sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1);
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (1), the following new paragraph—“
(1A) Where the final determination relates to an application for a declaration of incompatibility under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998, the proper officer shall serve a copy of the declaration on—
(a) any other party to the proceedings not referred to in paragraph (1)(a)-(c) above; and
(b) where a Minister of the Crown, Northern Ireland Department or other person entitled under section 5(2) of the Human Rights Act 1998 to be joined as a party, has not been so joined, the Crown in accordance with Rule 20A(2) above.”.
R. D. Carswell
Anthony Campbell
Brian Kerr
Hugh P. Kennedy
Caroline McGonagle
Tony Caher
Dated 6th June 2001I concur
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 22nd June 2001