{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/172",
  "legislation_title": "The Standing Civilian Courts Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Summoning the accused",
  "text": "On receipt of the prosecution papers, the court administration officer shall—\n(a) after consultation with the magistrate, or the Judge Advocate General (or his deputy), appoint the date, time and place for the trial;\n(b) specify any members of the court or assessors for the trial, if any members or assessors have not previously been specified for a succession of trials;\n(c) serve on the accused—\n(i) a summons to the accused in the form set out in Schedule 2 to this Order; and\n(ii) the prosecution papers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/172/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:04.339831+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."
}