Section 72A Rules to be made if required by Lord ChancellorF1
England and Wales
This section applies if the Lord Chancellor gives the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee written notice that he thinks it is expedient for Criminal Procedure Rules to include provision that would achieve a purpose specified in the notice.
The Committee must make such rules as it considers necessary to achieve the specified purpose.
Those rules must be—
made within a reasonable period after the Lord Chancellor gives notice to the Committee;
made in accordance with section 72.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 72A inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15, Sch. 4 para. 336; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(aa)
- F2
s. 72A(4) omitted (22.8.2007) by virtue of The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I.2007/2828), art. 8, Sch. para. 8(4)
Modifications
- C1
S. 72A(4): functions transferred (22.8.2007) by virtue of The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2128), art. 4(1)(b) (with art. 7)
Notes on Part 7
Modifications
- C1
Pt. 7 modified (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 36(4), 94(1); S.I. 2008/755, art. 15(1)(f)