Part III PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Rules of Court
86AF1Process for making rules of court under section 84
1
Crown Court rules must be—
a
signed by a majority of the members of the Crown Court Rule Committee, and
b
submitted to the Lord Chancellor.
2
The Lord Chancellor may allow or disallow rules so made.
3
If the Lord Chancellor disallows rules, he must give the Committee written reasons for doing so.
4
Rules so made and allowed by the Lord Chancellor—
a
come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor directs, and
b
are to be contained in a statutory instrument to which the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 applies as if the instrument contained rules made by a Minister of the Crown.
5
A statutory instrument containing Crown Court rules is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
6
In this section and section 86B “Crown Court rules” means rules of court made under section 84.