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Rule 3.17 Place of magistrates’ court trialI1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

The court officer must arrange for a magistrates’ court trial to take place in a courtroom provided by the Lord Chancellor, unless—

(a)

the court otherwise directs; or

(b)

the case is one to which rule 24.9 (Single justice procedure: special rules) applies.

[Note. See section 3 of the Courts Act 2003f1 and section 16A of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980f2.

In some circumstances the court may conduct all or part of the hearing outside a courtroom. The members of the court may discuss the verdict and sentence outside the courtroom.]

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Rule 3.17 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble

Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 39.

f2

1980 c. 43; section 16A was inserted by section 48 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2).