{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-11.8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-11.8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025",
  "path": "rule/11.8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "11.8",
  "heading": "Notice to discontinue prosecution",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where an agreement expires—\n(a) on its expiry date, or on a date treated as its expiry date; and\n(b) without having been terminated by the court.\n(2) The prosecutor must—\n(a) as soon as practicable give notice in writing discontinuing the prosecution on the indictment approved by the court under rule 11.4 (Application to approve the terms of an agreement); and\n(b) serve the notice on—\n(i) the court officer, and\n(ii) the defendant.\n[Note. See paragraph 11 of Schedule 17 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013.]",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 11.8 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/721",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/721",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/11.8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:12:44.140935+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}