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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-notices-of-transfer-rules-1988/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1701",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Notices of Transfer) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-notices-of-transfer-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Documents etc to be sent to Crown Court",
  "text": "As soon as practicable after a magistrates' court to which notice of transfer has been given has discharged the functions reserved to it under section 4(1) of the Act, the clerk of the magistrates' court shall send to the appropriate officer of the Crown Court—\n(a) a list of the names, addresses and occupations of the witnesses in respect of whom witness orders have been made;\n(b) a copy of the record made in pursuance of section 5 of the Bail Act 1976 relating to the grant or withholding of bail in respect of the accused;\n(c) any recognizance entered into by any person as surety for the accused together with a statement of any enlargement thereof;\n(d) a copy of any legal aid order previously made in the case;\n(e) a copy of any contribution order previously made in the case under section 7 of the Legal Aid Act 1982;\n(f) a copy of any legal aid application previously made in the case which has been refused;\n(g) any statement of means already submitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1982 c. 44."
    }
  ],
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      "affecting": "uksi/2001/615",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Transfer of Justices' Clerks' Functions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2001"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2005/384",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2005 (revoked)"
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    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1236",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2003"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2003"
    },
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      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1236",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2003"
    },
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      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1236",
      "affecting_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2003"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1701/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:57:14.844591+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."
}