Article 2 Commencement

(1)

These Rules shall come into force on 15th April 1997 and shall apply in relation to an offence where:

(a)

the accused is committed for trial for the offence on or after the day referred to in paragraph (2) below;

(b)

proceedings for the trial on the charge concerned are transferred to the Crown Court on or after the day referred to in paragraph (2) below; or

(c)

a bill of indictment relating to the offence is preferred on or after the day referred to in paragraph (2) below under the authority of section 2(2)(b) of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933^f1 (bill preferred by direction of Court of Appeal, or by direction or with consent of a judge).

(2)

The day referred to is the day appointed for the purposes of section 28 of the Act, by order of the Secretary of State made under section 28(2) of the Act, in relation to the Crown Court sitting at the place—

(a)

specified by the court of committal as the place of trial for the offence (where paragraph (1)(a) above applies);

(b)

specified in the notice of transfer as the place of trial for the offence charged (where paragraph (1)(b) above applies); or

(c)

where the bill of indictment relating to the offence is preferred (where paragraph (1)(c) above applies),

and whether or not the said order mentions the place concerned by name.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1933 c. 36; section 2(2)(b) was amended by the Criminal Appeal Act 1964 (c. 43), Schedule 2, as read with the Criminal Appeal Act 1966 (c. 31), section 1(6)(a), and as continued by the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54), Schedule 5, and was further amended by the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23), section 31(6) and Schedule 2.