{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-no-3-rules-2007/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-no-3-rules-2007/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3662",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-no-3-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005",
  "text": "At the end of the note after rule 3.5 (The court’s case management powers), insert—\n“See also rule 3.10.\nThe court may make a costs order under—\n(a) section 19 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, where the court decides that one party to criminal proceedings has incurred costs as a result of an unnecessary or improper act or omission by, or on behalf of, another party;\n(b) section 19A of that Act, where the court decides that a party has incurred costs as a result of an improper, unreasonable or negligent act or omission on the part of a legal representative;\n(c) section 19B of that Act, where the court decides that there has been serious misconduct by a person who is not a party.\nUnder some other legislation, including Parts 24, 34 and 35 of these Rules, if a party fails to comply with a rule or a direction then in some circumstances—\n(a) the court may refuse to allow that party to introduce evidence;\n(b) evidence that that party wants to introduce may not be admissible;\n(c) the court may draw adverse inferences from the late introduction of an issue or evidence.\nSee also—\nsection 81(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and section 20(3) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (advance disclosure of expert evidence);\nsection 11(5) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (faults in disclosure by accused);\nsection 132(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (failure to give notice of hearsay evidence)..”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 8 in force at 7.4.2008, see rule 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 23; section 19 was amended by section 166(2) and (3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), section 45 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34), section 7 of, and paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 (c. 25), section 24 of, and paragraphs 27 and 28 of Schedule 4 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), sections 40(1) and 67(4) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to, the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23), section 165(1) of, and paragraph 99 of Schedule 9 to, the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6) and section 378(1) of, and paragraph 107 (a) and (b) of Schedule 16 to, the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1985 c. 23; section 19A was inserted by section 111 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1985 c. 23; section 19B was inserted by section 93 of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1984 c. 60; section 81(1) was amended by section 109(1) of, and paragraph 286 of Schedule 8 to, the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1996 c. 25; section 20(3) was amended by section 109(1) of, and paragraph 378 of Schedule 8 to, the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1996 c. 25; section 11 was substituted by section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "2003 c. 44."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/3662",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3662/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:38:14.618511+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."
}