Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Crown Court (Amendment No. 3) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2003.
(2) In these Rules, “the principal Rules” shall mean the Crown Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979(1), and a reference to a rule or a Form by number means the rule or Form so numbered in the principal Rules.
(1)
S.R. 1979 No. 90; to which the most recent relevant amendments were made by S.R. 2000 No. 227; S.R. 2001 No. 253 and S.R. 2003 No. 279