Rule 9.4 Duty of justices’ legal adviserI1
England and Wales
(1)
This rule applies—
(a)
only in a magistrates’ court; and
(b)
unless the court—
(i)
includes a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts), and
(ii)
otherwise directs.
(2)
On the court’s behalf, a justices’ legal adviser may—
(a)
read the allegation of the offence to the defendant; and
(b)
give any explanation and ask any question required by the rules in this Part.
[Note. For the functions of a justices’ legal adviser, see sections 28 and 29 of the Courts Act 2003f1. See also rule 2.12 (Duties of justices’ legal adviser).]
Annotations
Commencement
Footnotes
- f1
2003 c. 39; section 28 was amended by section 15 of, and paragraphs 308 and 327 of Schedule 4 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4).