{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-no-2-rules-2019/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1119",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-no-2-rules-2019",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules",
  "text": "In Part 3 (Case management)—\n(a) in rule 3.13 (Pre-trial hearings in the Crown Court: general rules), in paragraph (2)(b) after “take the defendant’s plea” insert “in accordance with rule 3.24 (Arraigning the defendant on the indictment)”; and\n(b) in rule 3.24 (Arraigning the defendant on the indictment)—\n(i) renumber paragraph (1)(c) as (1)(d),\n(ii) after paragraph (1)(b) insert—\n“(c) satisfy itself that there has been explained to the defendant, in terms the defendant can understand (with help, if necessary), each allegation against him or her; and”, and\n(iii) in the note to the rule, after “Part 10 contains rules about” insert “the content and service of”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1119/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:38:41.743177+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."
}