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Explanatory note

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(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.