# The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2006, Article 4: Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

In Part 4 (Service of documents)—
(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.”;
(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.”;
(c) in rule 4.1—
(i) in paragraph (1), after “justice of the peace”, insert “or service of a requisition by a public prosecutor”,
(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
(iii) in paragraphs (4) and (6), after “summons”, wherever that word occurs, insert “, requisition”;
(d) in the note after rule 4.1—
(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
(ii) after “form of a summons”, insert “or requisition”; and
(e) in rule 4.2(1)—
(i) after “summons, process, notice”, insert “, requisition”, and
(ii) after “summons, notice, process”, insert “, requisition”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2636/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-no-2-rules-2006/article-4
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