# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Part 9: ALLOCATION AND SENDING FOR TRIAL

Extent: E+W

Contents of this Part
General rules
When this Part appliesrule 9.1
Exercise of magistrates’ court’s powersrule 9.2
Matters to be specified on sending for trialrule 9.3
Duty of justices’ legal adviserrule 9.4
Duty of magistrates’ court officerrule 9.5
Sending without allocation for Crown Court trial
Prosecutor’s notice requiring Crown Court trialrule 9.6
Sending for Crown Court trialrule 9.7
Allocation for magistrates’ court or Crown Court trial
Adult defendant: request for plearule 9.8
Adult defendant: guilty plearule 9.9
Adult defendant: not guilty plearule 9.10
Adult defendant: allocation for magistrates’ court trialrule 9.11
Adult defendant: prosecutor’s application for Crown Court trialrule 9.12
Young defendantrule 9.13
Allocation and sending for Crown Court trialrule 9.14
Committal for sentence in connection with sending for trial
Committal for sentence for offence related to an offence sent for trialrule 9.15
Sending back, etc. for magistrates’ court trial
Sending back or referring case for magistrates’ court trialrule 9.16

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/part/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/part-9/enacted
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