{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2016/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2016/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/120",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2016",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2015",
  "text": "In Part 25 (Trial and sentence in the Crown Court)—\n(a) in rule 25.9 (Procedure on plea of not guilty)—\n(i) for paragraph (2)(b) substitute—\n“(b) the prosecutor may summarise the prosecution case, concisely outlining the facts and the matters likely to be in dispute;”,\n(ii) after paragraph (2)(b) insert—\n“(c) where there is a jury, to help the jurors to understand the case and resolve any issue in it the court may—\n(i) invite the defendant concisely to identify what is in issue, if necessary in terms approved by the court,\n(ii) if the defendant declines to do so, direct that the jurors be given a copy of any defence statement served under rule 15.4 (Defence disclosure), edited if necessary to exclude any reference to inappropriate matters or to matters evidence of which would not be admissible;”,\n(iii) renumber paragraphs (2)(c) to (2)(j) accordingly,\n(iv) in paragraph (3), for ‘Paragraph (2)(d)’ substitute ‘Paragraph (2)(e)’, and\n(v) in paragraph (4), for ‘Paragraph (2)(e)’ substitute ‘Paragraph (2)(f)’;\n(vi) in the note to the rule, after the first paragraph insert—\n“Under section 6E of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 the court may make the direction for which rule 25.9(2)(c)(ii) provides on application or on the court’s own initiative.”, and\n(vii) in the note to the rule, for ‘rule 25.9(2)(e)’ substitute ‘rule 25.9(2)(f)’;\n(b) in rule 25.12 (Evidence of a witness in writing), for paragraph (2) substitute—\n“(2) If the court admits such evidence each relevant part of the statement must be read or summarised aloud, unless the court otherwise directs.”; and\n(c) in rule 25.14 (Directions to the jury and taking the verdict), in paragraph (6) for ‘paragraph (4)(b)’ substitute ‘paragraph (5)(b)’.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 25; section 6E was inserted by section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/120/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:27:49.493109+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."
}