Rule 12 Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules

In Part 30 (Enforcement of fines and other orders for payment)—

(a)

in rule 30.2 (Exercise of court’s powers)—

(i)

for the heading to the rule substitute “Exercise of court’s powers; duty of justices’ legal adviser”,

(ii)

the text of the rule becomes paragraph (1),

(iii)

after paragraph (1) insert—

“(2)

A justices’ legal adviser must ask such questions as may be needed to obtain information sufficient to allow the court to make such decisions as are required.”, and

(iv)

at the end of the note to the rule insert—

“For the functions of a justices’ legal adviser, see sections 28 and 29 of the Courts Act 2003^f1. See also rule 2.12 (Duties of justices’ legal adviser).]”; and

(b)

amend the table of contents correspondingly.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2003 c. 39; sections 28 and 29 were substituted by section 3 of, and paragraphs 25 and 26 of the Schedule to, the Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (c. 33).