Explanatory note

This Act of Adjournal amends the Criminal Procedure Rules 1996.

Paragraph 2(2) amends rule 56.2 to provide that the requirement to send a copy of an interim order to any interested person does not apply to an interim order which is made after a jury is balloted and which subsists only until the jury has taken the jury oath or affirmation, as the case may be.

Paragraph 2(3) amends Form 20.3A-B to require that a person who is required to notify police under Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 must notify the police if that person makes an application for a gender recognition certificate that has not been determined, or obtains a full gender recognition certificate that is issued on or after the relevant date. This amendment to Form 20.3A-B is consequential to the coming into force of the Sexual Offences Act 2004 (Notification Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025.