# Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 4) (Devolution Issues) 2007, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)
This Act of Adjournal amends the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996 as follows:
(a) the references to Schedule 8 to the Government of Wales Act 1998 are changed to Schedule 9 to the Government of Wales Act 2006;
(b) the references to the “Government of Wales Act 1998” are changed to the “Government of Wales Act 2006”;
(c) the reference to the “National Assembly for Wales” is changed to the “Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly Government”;
(d) provision is made where a party applies for a stated case or lodges a note of appeal in proceedings where a devolution issue has been previously raised for intimation of the note of appeal to the Advocate General and provision is made for a form of intimation;
(e) rule 40.4 is amended to specifically include petitions to the nobile officium, bills of suspension and bills of advocation;
(f) provision is made for the clerk of court to give notice to the relevant authority of a reference of a devolution issue to the High Court not later than 7 days from the date it was made and a form of notice is provided;
(g) the references to paragraph 30(1) of Schedule 8 of the Government of Wales Act are changed to paragraph 29(1) of Schedule 9 to the Government of Wales Act 2006; and
(h) the references to section 110 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 are changed to section 153 of the Government of Wales Act 2006.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/361/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-amendment-no-4-devolution-issues-2007/note
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