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Explanatory note

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These Rules amend forms 27 and 28 of the Magistrates' Courts (Forms) Rules 1981. The amendments are a consequence of the changes to the procedure for pleading guilty by post introduced by section 45 and Schedule 5 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 which replace section 12 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980.