{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-no-2-rules-2006/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-no-2-rules-2006/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2636",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-no-2-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005",
  "text": "In Part 4 (Service of documents)—\n(a) in the table of contents, in the entry for rule 4.1, for “Summons issued by a magistrates' court”, substitute “Service of summons, requisition etc.”;\n(b) in the heading to rule 4.1 (Service of summons, etc issued by a magistrates' court), for “etc issued by a magistrates' court”, substitute “requisition etc.”;\n(c) in rule 4.1—\n(i) in paragraph (1), after “justice of the peace”, insert “or service of a requisition by a public prosecutor”,\n(ii) in paragraph (2), for “for the purposes of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 of a summons issued by a justice of the peace”, substitute “of such a summons or requisition”, and\n(iii) in paragraphs (4) and (6), after “summons”, wherever that word occurs, insert “, requisition”;\n(d) in the note after rule 4.1—\n(i) for “Formerly”, substitute “Section 1 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 provides for the issue of a summons by a justice of the peace. Section 29 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 provides for the issue of a written charge and requisition by a public prosecutor. These rules derive in part from”, and\n(ii) after “form of a summons”, insert “or requisition”; and\n(e) in rule 4.2(1)—\n(i) after “summons, process, notice”, insert “, requisition”, and\n(ii) after “summons, notice, process”, insert “, requisition”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 4 in force at 6.11.2006, see rule 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1980 c. 43; section 1 was amended by section 331 of, and paragraphs 7 and 8 of Schedule 36 to, the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44). Section 1(1) was substituted by section 43(1) of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2003 c. 44; section 29 will take effect from a date to be appointed. Section 29(5)(ca) was inserted by section 50(6) of, and paragraph 130 of Schedule 4 to, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11). Section 29(5)(cb) was inserted by section 59 of, and paragraph 196 of Schedule 4 to, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/2636",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2636/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:19:20.878881+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."
}