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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Regulation 3 of the Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) Regulations 1987 (“the principal regulations”) applies the principal regulations to proceedings instituted in certain areas, and regulation 5 of the principal regulations provides for custody time limits in the Crown Court in such proceedings at specified Crown Court centres. The principal regulations are amended by regulation 2 of these Regulations so as to apply uniformly to proceedings instituted throughout England and Wales and to all Crown Court centres.

By virtue of regulation 1(3) these Regulations come into force on 1st October 1991.