(1)Subject to any statutory provision, the Crown Court Rules Committee appointed under section 53 may, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, make Crown Court rules for the purpose of regulating and prescribing—
(a)the practice and procedure to be followed in the Crown Court; and
(b)the form and content of indictments,
and in this or any other statutory provision having effect in Northern Ireland “Crown Court rules” means rules so made.
(2)Sections 1 and 2 of the M1Indictments Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 shall cease to have effect on such date as may be appointed in Crown Court rules made for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1)(b).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 52 extended (4.7.1996) by 1996 c. 25, s. 79, Sch. 4 para.12 (with s.78(1))
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