Article 5 Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules

In Part 5 (Forms and court records), in rule 5.8 (Supply to the public, including reporters, of information about cases)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

renumber sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) as (b), (c) and (d) respectively, and

(ii)

before sub-paragraph (b), as thus renumbered, insert—

“(a)
requires the supply and publication of information about cases with regard to the importance of—

(i)
dealing with criminal cases in public, and

(ii)
allowing a public hearing to be reported to the public;”;

(b)

in paragraph (6)—

(i)

at the end of sub-paragraph (e) omit “and”,

(ii)

at the end of sub-paragraph (f) insert “; and”, and

(iii)

after sub-paragraph (f) insert—

“(g)
such other information about the case as is required by arrangements made under paragraph (5)(b)(ii).”;

(c)

for paragraph (9)(b) substitute—

“(b)
publish that information for no longer than 5 business days—

(i)
by notice displayed somewhere prominent in the vicinity of a court room in which the hearing is due to take place, and

(ii)
by such arrangements as the Lord Chancellor directs, including arrangements for publication by electronic means, but only to the extent needed to comply with paragraph (1)(a).”;

(d)

for paragraph (11)(b) substitute—

“(b)
publish that information for no longer than 5 business days—

(i)
by such arrangements as the Lord Chancellor directs, including arrangements for publication by electronic means, but

(ii)
only to the extent needed to comply with paragraph (1)(a).”; and

(e)

for paragraph (e) of the note to the rule substitute—

“(e)
Part 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018^f1 (sections 43(3) and 117 of which make exceptions for criminal proceedings from some other provisions of that Act); and”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2018 c. 12.