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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-1996-amendment-european-investigation-orders-2018/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2018/150",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 Amendment) (European Investigation Orders) 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-1996-amendment-european-investigation-orders-2018",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)\nThis Act of Adjournal inserts a new Chapter 67 (European Investigation Orders) into the Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 in consequence of the commencement of the Criminal Justice (European Investigation Order) Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”).\nParagraph 2(2) inserts the new Chapter.\nNew rule 67.2 prescribes the form in which an application for a European investigation order is to be made. When an application is lodged after proceedings have been instituted, the court may fix a hearing and order intimation of the diet and of the application to any other party or, alternatively, hear the application without such intimation.\nNew rule 67.3 makes provision for an application to vary or revoke a European investigation order. New rule 67.3(1) prescribes the form of these applications.\nNew rule 67.4 prescribes the form of a warrant to be issued when a person is cited to proceedings before a nominated court and also prescribes the form of both postal and personal citation.\nNew rule 67.5 provides which parties can participate in proceedings before a nominated court.\nNew rule 67.6 prescribes the time periods within which the nominated court must give effect to a European investigation order.\nNew rule 67.7 provides the form of search warrants to be issued under regulation 39 of the 2017 Regulations.\nNew rule 67.8 makes provision for applications to vary or revoke a search warrant or to authorise the release of evidence seized. New rule 67.8(1) prescribes the form for these applications.\nNew rule 67.9 makes provision for applications to vary or revoke a customer information order or an account monitoring order. New rule 67.9m(1) prescribes the form for these applications.\nNew rule 67.10 makes provision for interpreters to be made available in certain specified circumstances.\nNew rule 67.11 provides for a record of the proceedings to be made and for a copy of the record to be sent to the issuing authority.\nThe Act of Adjournal comes into force on 31st May 2018.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/150/note",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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