# The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2018, Article 8: Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2015


In Part 13 (Warrants for arrest, detention or imprisonment), in rule 13.3 (Terms of a warrant for detention or imprisonment) after paragraph (2) insert—
“(3) Where a magistrates’ court sentences a defendant to imprisonment or detention and section 11(3) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 applies (custodial sentence imposed in the defendant’s absence), the warrant it issues must—
(a) require each person to whom the warrant is directed—
(i) to arrest the defendant and bring him or her to a court specified in the warrant, and
(ii) unless the court then otherwise directs, after that to act as required by paragraph (1)(a) of this rule; and
(b) require the custodian to whom the defendant is delivered in accordance with that paragraph to act as required by paragraph (1)(b) of this rule.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/132/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2018/article-8
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