Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Regulation 3 of the Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) Regulations 1987 (the“principal regulations”) restricts the application of the regulations to proceedings instituted in certain counties (namely, Avon, Kent, Somerset and West Midlands); and regulation 5 restricts the application of the provisions dealing with custody time limits in the Crown Court to certain Crown Court centres (namely, Birmingham, Bristol and Maidstone). Those regulations are amended so as to include Greater Manchester and all the counties in the Wales and Chester and Western circuits and all the Crown Court centres in those areas and West Midlands.
Regulation 4 is amended so as to reduce the custody time limit in magistrates' courts in relation to proceedings commenced in the West Midlands from 98 days to 84 days.
The amendments take effect on 1st April 1988.