{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/indictments-procedure-amendment-rules-1997/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/indictments-procedure-amendment-rules-1997/article-5.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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendments to the 1971 Rules",
  "text": "In rule 2, the following shall be substituted for the definition of “depositions”, including the proviso:—\n““committal documents” means evidence falling within section 5A(3) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 and tendered at any committal proceedings:\nProvided that any requirement of these Rules that an application should be accompanied by a copy of any committal documents shall, as respects documents mentioned in paragraphs (b) and (d) of section 5A(3) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, be satisfied if a copy of such parts only of those documents as are, in the opinion of the applicant, material, accompanies the application, and the application contains an express statement to that effect.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/711/article/5",
    "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."
}