# Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 5) 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)
This Act of Adjournal amends the Criminal Procedure Rules in order to provide firstly, a form of certificate for the purposes of Part I of the Sex Offenders Act 1997 and a form of notice (to be given to the accused with, or in advance of his being given, a copy of that certificate) as to the requirements of section 2 of that Act; and secondly a form of notice to be served on the prosecutor by a person accused of a sexual offence if that person disputes that an act done by him in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom constituted an offence under the law in force in that country or territory.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2082/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-amendment-no-5-1997/note
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