Rule 16 Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2011

In rule 63.10 (Constitution of the Crown Court)—

(a)

in paragraph (a)(i), for ‘or a Recorder’ substitute ‘, a Recorder or a qualifying judge advocate’; and

(b)

at the end of the note to the rule, add—

“Under section 8(1A) of the Senior Courts Act 1981^f1, a qualifying judge advocate may not exercise the jurisdiction of the Crown Court on an appeal from a youth court.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1981 c. 54; section 8(1A) is inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), with effect from a date to be appointed.