The Magistrates’ Courts (Violent Offender Orders) Rules 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/2197
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates’ Courts (Violent Offender Orders) Rules 2009 and shall come into force on 7th September 2009.

(2) In these Rules, a reference to a section is a reference to a section of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008.

Section 2 Violent offender orders and interim violent offender orders

(1) An application for—

(a) a violent offender order made under section 100; or

(b) an interim violent offender order made under section 104,

shall be in the form set out in Schedule 1 to these Rules.

(2) A violent offender order made under section 101 shall be in the form set out in Schedule 2 to these Rules.

(3) An interim violent offender order made under section 104 shall be in the form set out in Schedule 3 to these Rules.

Section 3 Application for variation, discharge or renewal

(1) This rule applies to an application under section 103 for—

(a) the variation, discharge or renewal of a violent offender order;

(b) the variation or discharge of an interim violent offender order.

(2) An application shall be made in writing and shall specify the reason why the applicant believes the court should vary, discharge or renew the order, as the case may be.

Section 4 Time limit for service of a notice under section 99(7)

If the defendant wishes to serve on the applicant a notice under section 99(7) (notice denying that an act done outside England and Wales would have constituted a specified offence if it had been done in England and Wales), the defendant must do so no later than three days before the hearing date for the application under section 100.