Explanatory note

These Rules amend the Criminal Appeal Rules 1968 (the principal rules) and come into force on 1st December 1992. Rules 3 and 4 reflect the amendments made to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (the 1988 Act) by sections 54 and 55 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.

Rule 3 substitutes a new rule for rule 9A of the principal rules which relates to applications under section 32(1)(b) of the 1988 Act (evidence through television links by child witnesses).

Rule 4 adds a new rule 9C to the principal rules which provides for applications under section 32A of the 1988 Act (video recordings of testimony from child witnesses).

Rule 5 amends rule 19 of the principal rules so that all fees for the supply of transcripts of proceedings will be fixed by the Treasury, including those supplied to persons other than the Registrar of Criminal Appeals and interested parties.