Part III E+W MANDATORY AND DISCRETIONARY REFERRAL OF YOUNG OFFENDERS

Supplementary E+W

31 Rules of court. E+W

(1) Rules of court may make such provision as appears to the authority making them to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Part (and nothing in this section shall be taken to affect the generality of any enactment conferring power to make such rules).

(2) In this section “rules of court” means—

(a) Magistrates’ Courts Rules;

(b) Crown Court Rules;

(c) Criminal Appeal Rules.