# The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2011, Rule 3: Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2011


In Part 2 (Understanding and applying the Rules)—
(a) in rule 2.1 (When the Rules apply), after paragraph (3) insert—
“(4) Rule 9.6, and the rules in Section 3 of Part 9 (Allocation and sending for trial), apply only where there have come into force the amendments made by Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Allocation of cases triable either way, and sending cases to the Crown Court, etc.) which confer the powers to which those rules apply.”; and
(b) in rule 2.3 (References to Acts of Parliament and to Statutory Instruments)—
(i) for ‘The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Defence Disclosure Time Limits) Regulations 1997’ substitute ‘The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Defence Disclosure Time Limits) Regulations 2011’, and
(ii) for ‘the 1997 Regulations’ substitute ‘the 2011 Regulations’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/3075/rule/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2011/rule-3
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