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Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

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77B Procedure for order of district judge under section ... 32A: Northern Ireland

(1) The Lord Chancellor may by order make further provision about the procedure and practice to be followed in relation to an application to a district judge (magistrates' courts) in Northern Ireland for an order under section ... 32A. (2) Such an order may, in particular, provide— (a) for the manner in which, and time within which, an application may be made, (b) that the district judge (magistrates' courts) is to determine an application— (i) in chambers, (ii) in the absence of the person to whom the authorisation or notice which is the subject of the application relates, (c) that any hearing is to be held in private, (d) that notice of an order given is not to be given to— (i) the person to whom the authorisation or notice which is the subject of the order relates, or (ii) such a person's legal representatives. (3) An order of the Lord Chancellor under this section may not make provision which, if it were contained in an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly, would be within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly and would deal with a transferred matter (within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998). (4) The power of the Magistrates' Courts Rules Committee under Article 13 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26)) to regulate and prescribe the procedure and practice to be followed in relation to an application to a district judge (magistrates' courts) in Northern Ireland for an order under section ... 32A is subject to, but is not otherwise constrained by, section 32B and any order made under this section.

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77B Procedure for order of district judge under section ... 32A: Northern Ireland

(1) The Lord Chancellor may by order make further provision about the procedure and practice to be followed in relation to an application to a district judge (magistrates' courts) in Northern Ireland for an order under section ... 32A. (2) Such an order may, in particular, provide— (a) for the manner in which, and time within which, an application may be made, (b) that the district judge (magistrates' courts) is to determine an application— (i) in chambers, (ii) in the absence of the person to whom the authorisation or notice which is the subject of the application relates, (c) that any hearing is to be held in private, (d) that notice of an order given is not to be given to— (i) the person to whom the authorisation or notice which is the subject of the order relates, or (ii) such a person's legal representatives. (3) An order of the Lord Chancellor under this section may not make provision which, if it were contained in an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly, would be within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly and would deal with a transferred matter (within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998). (4) The power of the Magistrates' Courts Rules Committee under Article 13 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26)) to regulate and prescribe the procedure and practice to be followed in relation to an application to a district judge (magistrates' courts) in Northern Ireland for an order under section ... 32A is subject to, but is not otherwise constrained by, section 32B and any order made under this section.

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