{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2016/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2016/article-5.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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2015",
  "text": "In Part 4 (Service of documents)—\n(a) in rule 4.3 (Service by handing over a document)—\n(i) after paragraph (4)(a) insert—\n“(b) in relation to an application to a High Court judge for permission to serve a draft indictment—\n(i) in London, the Listing Office of the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court, and\n(ii) elsewhere, the office at which court staff administer the business of any court then constituted of a High Court judge;”, and\n(ii) renumber paragraph (4)(b) as paragraph (4)(c); and\n(b) in rule 4.4 (Service by leaving or posting a document)—\n(i) after paragraph (3)(a) insert—\n“(b) in relation to an application to a High Court judge for permission to serve a draft indictment—\n(i) in London, the Queen’s Bench Listing Office, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL, and\n(ii) elsewhere, the office at which court staff administer the business of any court then constituted of a High Court judge;”, and\n(ii) renumber paragraph (3)(b) as paragraph (3)(c).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/120/article/5",
    "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."
}