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Article 9 Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2015

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In rule 24.3 (Trial and sentence in a magistrates’ court, Procedure on plea of not guilty)—

(a)

for paragraph (3)(a) substitute—

“(a)

the prosecutor may summarise the prosecution case, concisely identifying the relevant law, outlining the facts and indicating the matters likely to be in dispute;”;

(b)

after paragraph (3)(a) insert—

“(b)

to help the members of the court to understand the case and resolve any issue in it, the court may invite the defendant concisely to identify what is in issue;”;

(c)

renumber paragraphs (3)(b) to (3)(h) accordingly; and

(d)

in the note to the rule, for ‘rule 37.3(3)(d)’ substitute ‘rule 24.3(3)(e)’.