{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/indictments-procedure-amendment-rules-1997/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/indictments-procedure-amendment-rules-1997/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/711",
  "legislation_title": "The Indictments (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/indictments-procedure-amendment-rules-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Rules—\n“the 1971 Rules” means the Indictments (Procedure) Rules 1971;\n“the 1980 Act” means the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980;\n“the 1996 Act” means the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1971/2084, as amended by S.I. 1983/284, 1988/1738 and 1992/2197."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1980 c. 43; section 5A(3) was inserted by section 47 of and Schedule 1 to the 1996 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1996 c. 25."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/711/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:22:07.133958+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."
}