# The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023, Rule 3: Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules


In Part 2 (Understanding and applying the rules; powers of authorised court officers), in rule 2.1 (When the Rules apply)—
(a) after paragraph (3) insert—
“(4) The amendments to Part 14 of these Rules (Bail and custody time limits) made by rule 7(a) and (b) of the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 do not apply in relation to a defendant arrested before 28th October, 2022, for an offence, or in relation to such a defendant who on or after that date is arrested again in relation to that offence under―
(a) section 46A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (arrest for failure to attend at a police station as required by police bail, or failure to comply with a condition of such bail); or
(b) section 24A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (arrest for failure to comply with a condition attached to a conditional caution).”; and
(b) at the end of the note to the rule insert—
“ Amendments made by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 to the pre-charge bail provisions of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 came into force on 28th October, 2022. Under section 45(3) of the 2022 Act, those amendments do not apply in the circumstances described in paragraph (4) of this rule.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/44/rule/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-rules-2023/rule-3
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