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Paragraph 5

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

In respect of each charge the charge sheet must contain—

(a)

a statement of the offence charged that —

(i)

describes the offence in ordinary language;

(ii)

identifies any legislation that creates it; and

(iii)

identifies the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales if the offence is contrary to section 42; and

(b)

such particulars of the conduct constituting the commission of the offence as are necessary to make clear what is alleged against the accused.