The Crown Court (Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996) (Tainted Acquittals) Rules 1997

Display of copy certification form

7.—(1) Where the Crown Court makes a certification as referred to in section 54(2) of the Act, the appropriate officer of the Crown Court at the place where the certification is made shall, as soon as practicable after the drawing up of Form TAC 1, display a copy of that Form at a prominent place within court premises to which place the public has access.

(2) Where an acquittal has taken place before the Crown Court and the court which has made the certification under section 54(2) of the Act relating to the acquittal is not the Crown Court sitting at the place where the acquittal has taken place, the appropriate officer of the Crown Court shall, as soon as practicable after receipt from the court which has made the certification of a copy of a form recording the certification (being a copy of Form TAC 1 where certification has been made by the Crown Court), display a copy of that form at a prominent place within court premises to which place the public has access.

(3) The copy of Form TAC 1 referred to in paragraph (1) above, or the copy form referred to in paragraph (2) above, shall continue to be displayed as referred to, respectively, in those paragraphs at least until the expiry of 28 days from, in the case of paragraph (1) above, the day on which the certification was made, or, in the case of paragraph (2) above, the day on which the copy form was received by the appropriate officer of the Crown Court.