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The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2015

UK Statutory Instrument 2015 No. 646 — creates 8 criminal offences.

8offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
9 March 2015
In force from
6 April 2015
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Courts, police, prisons and the administration of justice
Made under
Rules under section 69 of the Courts Act 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Rules amend the Criminal Procedure Rules 2014, S.I. 2014/1610, as follows: Rule Amendment Part 37 A new rule 37.9 (Single justice procedure: special rules) is inserted in order to supplement sections 46 to 50 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (trial by single justice on the papers). Rule 37.8 (Written guilty plea: special rules), which supplements section 12 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, is amended so as to make the expression of the new and existing rules correspond. Rules 37.1, 37.2 and 37.3 are amended, rules 37.9 to 37.16 are renumbered as rules 37.10 to 37.17 and amended, and rule 37.17 is renumbered as rule 37.18, in consequence of the 2015 Act and the other rule changes. Part 3 Rule 3.9 is amended in consequence. Part 4 Rule 4.7 is amended in consequence. Part 7 Rules 7.1, 7.2 and 7.4 are amended in consequence. Part 9 Rules 9.9, 9.11 and 9.13 are amended in consequence. Part 42 Rules 42.1 and 42.4 are amended in consequence. These Rules come into force on 6th April 2015.

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