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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-amendment-rules-2000/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-amendment-rules-2000/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2093",
  "legislation_title": "The Crown Court (Amendment) Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-amendment-rules-2000",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules, which amend the Crown Court Rules 1982, make provision as to the time when and the manner in which a legal representative is to be appointed to act for the accused for the purposes of cross-examining witnesses. They also contain provisions relating to the appointment by the Crown Court of a qualified legal representative where the accused fails to appoint a legal representative to act for him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2093/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:56:38.259633+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."
}