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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-1996-amendment-miscellaneous-2026/rule-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2026/11",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-1996-amendment-miscellaneous-2026",
  "path": "rule/2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Criminal Procedure Rules 1996",
  "text": "(1) The Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 are amended in accordance with this paragraph.\n(2) In Chapter 56 (reporting restrictions), in rule 56.2 (notification of reporting restrictions), after paragraph (3) insert—\n“(4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) do not apply to an interim order made after the jury is balloted and which subsists only until the jury has taken the jury oath or affirmation, as the case may be.”\n(3) In the appendix—\n(a) in Form 20.3A-B (form of notice of requirement to notify police under Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003), after paragraph (16) insert—\n“”\n(b) paragraph 17 becomes paragraph 18.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 are in schedule 2 of the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996 (S.I. 1996/513), last amended by S.S.I. 2025/47."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Chapter 56 was substituted by S.S.I. 2015/84 and last amended by S.S.I. 2020/27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Rule 56.2 was amended by S.S.I. 2020/27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Form 20.3A-B was inserted by S.I. 1997/2082 and last substituted by S.S.I. 2015/295."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/11/rule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:32:11.904368+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}