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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1987-preparatory-hearings-rules-1988/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1699",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 1987 (Preparatory Hearings) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1987-preparatory-hearings-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Form of application for a preparatory hearing",
  "text": "(1) An application in pursuance of section 7(2) of the Act shall be made in writing in Form 5305 to the appropriate officer of the Crown Court at the place specified by the notice of transfer as the proposed place of trial and shall include a concise statement of the grounds, having regard to the matters specified in subsection (1) of that section, for the making of the application.\n(2) The person making the application shall at the same time serve a copy thereof on the other party or, if there is more than one, each of the other parties in the case.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1699/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:57:16.641663+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}