{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-forms-amendment-rules-1997/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-forms-amendment-rules-1997/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/707",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Forms) (Amendment) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-forms-amendment-rules-1997",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of Magistrates’ Courts (Forms) Rules 1981",
  "text": "In form 14 (Notice to defendant: proof by written statement)—\n(a) in the heading, the words “MC Act 1980, s 102” shall be omitted;\n(b) for the words “may only be tried before a jury [or may” there shall be substituted “[may”;\n(c) before the words “Each” there shall be inserted the words “If the offence is [or the offences are] tried by the Magistrates’ Court”;\n(d) for the words “If [* you do not do so within 7 days of receiving this notice and the offence[s] is/are tried by the Magistrates’ Court” there shall be substituted “If you do not do so within 7 days of receiving this notice”;\n(e) the words “If the offence[s] is/are not tried” to “then to be called” shall be omitted; and\n(f) the words “* Omit if offence cannot be tried by magistrates’ court” shall be omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/707/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:22:10.434681+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."
}