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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1987-preparatory-hearings-rules-1988/article-4",
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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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Time for making application",
  "text": "(1) An application for a preparatory hearing shall be made not later than 28 days after the day on which the case was committed for trial or, as the case may be, a notice of transfer or consent to the preferral of a bill of indictment was given in relation to the case.\n(2) Where an application for dismissal of a charge has not been granted an application for a preparatory hearing in relation to that charge shall be made not later than seven days after the day on which the application for its dismissal was determined.\n(3) The time for making an application for a preparatory hearing may be extended, either before or after it expires, on an application made in accordance with paragraph (4) below.\n(4) An application for an extension of time under paragraph (3) above shall be made in writing in Form 5305, specifying the grounds of the application and served on the appropriate officer of the Crown Court, and a copy thereof shall be served on the other party or if there is more than one, each of the other parties in the case.\n(5) The appropriate officer of the Crown Court shall give notice of the judge’s decision on an application under paragraph (3) above to the applicant and to the other party or, if there is more than one, each of the other parties in the case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1699/article/4",
    "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."
}