Schedules

Schedule 1Documents to be served in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rules

I13Prices Act 1974

In paragraph 8 of the Schedule to the Prices Act 1974 (institution of proceedings)—

a

in sub-paragraph (3), after “person” insert

—

a

if the proceedings are to be instituted in England and Wales, in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rules; or

b

otherwise,

b

after that sub-paragraph insert—

3A

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(a)—

a

Criminal Procedure Rules (as they have effect from time to time) apply to the notice as if it were a document to be served in criminal proceedings before a magistrates’ court, and

b

any magistrates’ court may discharge functions conferred on a court by those Rules in relation to such service.