{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-12.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-12.3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025",
  "path": "rule/12.3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "12.3",
  "heading": "Defendant’s notice to continue",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where a prosecutor serves a notice to discontinue under section 23 of the 1985 Act.\n(2) A defendant who wants the case to continue must serve notice—\n(a) on the court officer; and\n(b) not more than 25 business days after service of the notice to discontinue.\n(3) If the defendant serves such a notice, the court officer must—\n(a) notify the prosecutor; and\n(b) refer the case to the court.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 12.3 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/12.3",
    "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."
}