# Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 3) 1999, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)
This Act of Adjournal amends the Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 as follows:
(a) paragraph 2(2) inserts a new rule 1.4 under which the Lord Justice General may give a direction as respects the arrangements for, or in connection with, the appearance in court of the Advocate General for Scotland;
(b) paragraph 2(3) inserts a new rule 3.5A which provides that any register kept by the High Court may be either in documentary or electronic form; and
(c) paragraphs 2(4) and (5) revoke rule 20.1 (form of sentence of death) and the form associated with that rule (form 20.1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1387/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-amendment-no-3-1999/note
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