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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/indictments-procedure-modification-rules-1998/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3045",
  "legislation_title": "The Indictments (Procedure) (Modification) Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/indictments-procedure-modification-rules-1998",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules make a number of modifications to the Indictments (Procedure) Rules 1971 (S.I. 1971/2084) 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 offences).\nRule 2(2) modifies rule 2 of the 1971 Rules to include definitions relevant to the new procedure.\nRule 2(3) modifies rule 5 of the 1971 Rules so that a bill of indictment shall be preferred within 28 days of the service of the prosecution case.\nRule 2(4) and (5) modifies rules 8 and 9 of the 1971 Rules to make appropriate reference to the new procedure in relation to applications to the High Court for voluntary bills of indictment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3045/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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