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The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2024

S.I. 2024/842 · Made 30 July 2024 · Extends to England and Wales

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Senior Courts Of England And Wales

Magistrates’ Courts, England And Wales

Made at 2.15 p.m. on 30th July 2024

Laid before Parliament at 3.50 p.m. on 30th July 2024

Coming into force in accordance with rule 2

The Criminal Procedure Rule Committee makes the following Rules under sections 67B(1), 69 and 86A(2) of the Courts Act 2003f1, sections 17ZA(2), 17ZB(2), 17ZC(2) and 24ZA(2) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980f2 and sections 51(2D), (2E), (3A), (3B) and 51A(3D), (3E), (4A), (4B) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998f3, after consulting in accordance with section 72(1)(a) of the 2003 Act.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 39; section 67B was inserted by section 3 of, and paragraph 32 of the Schedule to, the Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (c. 33). Section 69 was amended by sections 15(1) and 146 of, and paragraphs 308 and 332 of Schedule 4 and Part 2 of Schedule 18 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4). Section 86A was inserted by section 162 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32).

f2

1980 c. 43; sections 17ZA, 17ZB and 17ZC are inserted by section 6, and section 24ZA by section 8, of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35) with effect from a date to be appointed.

f3

1998 c. 37; sections 51 and 51A are materially amended by section 10 of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35) with effect from a date to be appointed.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Rule 2
  3. 3Interpretation
  4. 4Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules
  5. 5Rule 5
  6. 6Rule 6
  7. 7Rule 7
  8. 8Rule 8
  9. 9Rule 9
  10. 10Rule 10
  11. 11Rule 11
  12. 12Rule 12
  13. 13Rule 13
  14. 14Rule 14
  15. 15Rule 15
  16. 16Consequential amendments and corrections
  17. 17Amendments to the preamble to the Criminal Procedure Rules
  18. Signature
  19. Schedule 1Schedule 1
  20. Schedule 2
  21. 1Paragraph 1
  22. 2Paragraph 2
  23. 3Paragraph 3
  24. 4Paragraph 4
  25. 5Paragraph 5
  26. 6Paragraph 6
  27. 7Paragraph 7
  28. 8Paragraph 8
  29. 9Paragraph 9
  30. Explanatory note