{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-3.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-3.4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025",
  "path": "rule/3.4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3.4",
  "heading": "Case progression officers and their duties",
  "text": "(1) At the beginning of the case each party must, unless the court otherwise directs―\n(a) nominate someone responsible for progressing that case; and\n(b) tell other parties and the court who that is and how to contact that person.\n(2) In fulfilling its duty under rule 3.2, the court must where appropriate―\n(a) nominate a court officer responsible for progressing the case; and\n(b) make sure the parties know who that is and how to contact that court officer.\n(3) In this Part a person nominated under this rule is called a case progression officer.\n(4) A case progression officer must―\n(a) monitor compliance with directions;\n(b) make sure that the court is kept informed of events that may affect the progress of that case;\n(c) make sure that he or she can be contacted promptly about the case during ordinary business hours;\n(d) act promptly and reasonably in response to communications about the case; and\n(e) if he or she will be unavailable, appoint a substitute to fulfil his or her duties and inform the other case progression officers.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 3.4 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/3.4",
    "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."
}