The Magistrates’ Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2019

Explanatory note

Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.

These Rules amend the Magistrates’ Courts (Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1986 ( S.R. 1986 No. 359 ) and the Magistrates’ Courts (Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996 ( S.R. 1996 No. 323 ) in consequence of provisions in statutory instruments made under section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c.16) .

These Rules omit provision referring to:

Regulation (EC) No. 4/2009 (known as “ the Maintenance Regulation ”) in the Magistrates’ Courts (Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1986; and

Regulation (EC) No. 2201/2003 (referred to as “ the Council Regulation ” but also known as “Brussels IIa”) in the Magistrates’ Courts (Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996.