Explanatory note

These Rules will come into force on 5 April 2010. They make two amendments to the Crown Court Rules 1982. Rule 3 inserts a new Part IIA and rule 5A giving the Crown Court explicit case management powers when dealing with civil cases. In practice these will be appeals against magistrates’ courts’ orders made in civil proceedings. The powers are substantially the same as those that can be exercised in criminal proceedings under Part 3 of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005.

Rule 4 amends Part III of Schedule 3. The effect of the amendment is to require the grounds of appeal to be stated in appeal notices in relation to appeals made under section 4 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 against an anti-social behaviour order made in civil proceedings in a magistrates’ court.