Explanatory note

This Order brings into force on 20th May 1985 section 48 of the Criminal Law Act 1977. Section 48 extends the power to make rules conferred by section 144 the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) to enable rules to be made under that section as to the furnishing of information by the prosecutor to the defence. On that date the whole of the Criminal Law Act 1977 will have been brought into force.