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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-modification-rules-1998/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-modification-rules-1998/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3047",
  "legislation_title": "The Crown Court (Modification) Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-modification-rules-1998",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules make a number of modifications to the Crown Court Rules 1982 (S.I. 1982/1109) which are necessary in relation to the new procedure created by sections 51 and 52 of and Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (no committal proceedings for indictable-only proceedings).\nRules 2(2), (3) and (4) modify the 1982 Rules to provide for the appropriate time under the new procedure by which a party that wishes to do so, shall apply for the evidence of a child or person outside the United Kingdom to be given by video recording or television link under section 32 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33).\nRule 2(5) provides for a new rule 24ZA of the 1982 Rules so as to specify the latest date for which the first Crown Court appearance of a person sent for trial under the new procedure shall be listed. Rule 2(6) allows for the possibility of that appearance being in Chambers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3047/note",
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  "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."
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