Rule 2.3 References to legislation, including these RulesI1
England and Wales
In these Rules, where a rule refers to an Act of Parliament or to subordinate legislation by title and year, subsequent references to that Act or to that legislation in the rule are shortened: so, for example, after a reference to the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996f1 that Act is called ‘the 1996 Act’; and after a reference to the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Defence Disclosure Time Limits) Regulations 2011f2 those Regulations are called ‘the 2011 Regulations’.
In the courts in which these Rules apply―
unless the context makes it clear that something different is meant, a reference to the Criminal Procedure Rules, without reference to a year, is a reference to the Criminal Procedure Rules in force at the date on which the event concerned occurs or occurred;
a reference to the Criminal Procedure Rules may be abbreviated to ‘CrimPR’; and
a reference to a Part or rule in the Criminal Procedure Rules may be abbreviated to, for example, ‘CrimPR Part 3’ or ‘CrimPR 3.5’.
Annotations
Commencement
Footnotes
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