The Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981

Documents to be sent on remand for medical inquiryE+W

24.  On exercising the powers conferred by section 30 of the Act of 1980 a court shall—

(a)where the accused is remanded in custody, send to the institution or place to which he is committed;

(b)where the accused is remanded on bail, send to the institution or place at which, or the person by whom, he is to be examined,

a statement of the reasons why the court is of opinion that an inquiry ought to be made into his physical or mental condition and of any information before the court about his physical or mental condition.

Commencement Information

I1Rule 24 in operation on 6.7.1981, see rule 1(1)