# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Rule 17.4: Written application: form and service

Extent: E+W

(1) An application in writing under rule 17.3 must be in the form issued under the Practice Direction, containing the same declaration of truth as a witness statement.
(2) The party applying must serve the application—
(a) in every case, on the court officer and as directed by the court; and
(b) as required by rule 17.5, if that rule applies.
[Note. Declarations of truth in witness statements are required by section 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967. Section 89 of the 1967 Act makes it an offence to make a written statement under section 9 of that Act which the person making it knows to be false or does not believe to be true.]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/17.4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-17.4/enacted
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