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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1987-preparatory-hearings-rules-1988/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules are made for the purposes of the holding by Crown Court judges of preparatory hearings under Part I of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38) in cases of serious and complex fraud. By virtue of rule 2 they come into force on 31st October 1988.\nRules 3 and 4 regulate the making of applications for preparatory hearings. Rule 5 provides for notification of the decision on an application. Rule 6 provides for disclosure of the prosecution case, and rule 7 provides for disclosure of the defence case when the prosecution have complied with their obligations. Rules 8, 9 and 10 make supplementary provision including provision for the service of documents and for forms to be used in connection with preparatory hearings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1699/note",
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  },
  "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."
}