Rule 5 Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2011
In the note to rule 6.1 (When this Part applies), for the fourth paragraph substitute—
“Under section 8 of the Senior Courts Act 1981f1, a High Court judge, a Circuit judge, a Recorder, a qualifying judge advocate and a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) each may act as a Crown Court judge.”.
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Footnotes
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1981 c. 54; section 8 was amended by sections 65 and 109 of, and paragraph 259 of Schedule 8 to, the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39). It is further amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), with effect from a date to be appointed. The 1981 Act’s title was amended by section 59(5) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4).