{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-5.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-5.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025",
  "path": "rule/5.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "5.2",
  "heading": "Forms in Welsh",
  "text": "(1) Any Welsh language form issued under the Practice Direction or the Criminal Costs Practice Direction is for use in connection with proceedings in courts in Wales.\n(2) Both a Welsh form and an English form may be contained in the same document.\n(3) Where only a Welsh form, or only the corresponding English form, is served—\n(a) the following words in Welsh and English must be added:\n“Darperir y ddogfen hon yn Gymraeg / Saesneg os bydd arnoch ei heisiau. Dylech wneud cais yn ddi-oed i (swyddog y llys) (rhodder yma’r cyfeiriad)\nThis document will be provided in Welsh / English if you require it. You should apply immediately to (the court officer) (address)”; and\n(b) the court officer, or the person who served the form, must, on request, supply the corresponding form in the other language to the person served.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 5.2 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/5.2",
    "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."
}