{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2016/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2016/article-7.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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2015",
  "text": "In Part 17 (Witness summonses, warrants and orders)—\n(a) in rule 17.3 (Application for summons, warrant or order: general rules)—\n(i) in paragraph (2), for ‘The party applying must’ substitute ‘A party applying for a witness summons or order must’,\n(ii) after paragraph (2) insert—\n“(3) A party applying for an order to be allowed to inspect and copy an entry in bank records must—\n(a) identify the entry;\n(b) explain the purpose for which the entry is required; and\n(c) propose—\n(i) the terms of the order, and\n(ii) the period within which the order should take effect, if 3 days from the date of service of the order would not be appropriate.”,\n(iii) renumber paragraph (3) as paragraph (4), and\n(iv) after paragraph (4), as so renumbered, insert—\n“(5) The applicant must serve any order made on the witness to whom, or the bank to which, it is directed.”; and\n(b) in rule 17.5 (Application for summons to produce a document, etc.: special rules), in paragraph (5) for ‘a banker’s book’ substitute ‘bank records’.",
  "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/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:27:49.493109+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}