
2001 No. 253
SUPREME COURT, NORTHERN IRELAND
CROWN COURT
The Crown Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2001
Made 23rd June 2001
To be laid before Parliament 
Coming into operation in accordance with Rule 1
We, the Crown Court Rules Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred upon us by sections 52(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, Articles 26(6) and (7) and 39(1) of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and of all other powers enabling us in that behalf, hereby with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor make the following Rules:—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 

(1) These Rules may be cited as the Crown Court (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2001.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) Rule 2(b) shall come into operation on the same day as Article 4 of the Financial Investigations (Northern Ireland) Order 2001 comes into operation.
(4) In these Rules, “the principal Rules” shall mean the Crown Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979 and a reference to a rule by number shall mean a rule so numbered in the principal Rules.
Amendment to the principal Rules
2 
The principal Rules shall be amended by—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) inserting in rule 54(2)(b) after the words “the constable”, the words “or the financial investigator”.
R. D. Carswell
A. R. Hart
J. Brady
F. Keenan
P. Lynch
Dated 17th May 2001I concur
Irvine of Lairg, C.
Dated 23rd June 2001