Rule 8 Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2012

For rule 21.2 (Providing initial details of the prosecution case), substitute—

“21.2.

(1)

The prosecutor must serve initial details of the prosecution case on the court officer—

(a)

as soon as practicable; and

(b)

in any event, no later than the beginning of the day of the first hearing.

(2)

Where a defendant requests those details, the prosecutor must serve them on the defendant—

(a)

as soon as practicable; and

(b)

in any event, no later than the beginning of the day of the first hearing.

(3)

Where a defendant does not request those details, the prosecutor must make them available to the defendant at, or before, the beginning of the day of the first hearing.”.