The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Service of Prosecution Evidence) Regulations 1998
S.I. 1998/3115 · Made 11 December 1998
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 11th December 1998
Laid before Parliament 11th December 1998
Coming into force 4th January 1999
The Attorney General, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998f1, hereby makes the following Regulations:
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1
These Regulations may be cited as the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Service of Prosecution Evidence) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 4th January 1999.
2
Where a person is sent for trial under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 on any charge or charges, copies of the documents containing the evidence on which the charge or charges are based shall, on or before the relevant date, be:
served on that person; and
given to the Crown Court sitting at the place specified in the notice under subsection (7) of that section.
In sub-paragraph (1) above “the relevant date” means the day one year after that person was sent for trial.
Signature
John Morrison
Her Majesty’s Attorney General
11th December 1998
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations relate to circumstances where a person is sent by a magistrates' court to the Crown Court for trial pursuant to section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
Regulation 2 provides for the date on or by which the prosecutor shall serve copy documents containing the evidence on which the charge or charges are based on the accused and the Crown Court. This date shall be one year from the date on which the accused was sent for trial by the magistrates' court.