(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules provide for the practice and procedure to be followed in magistrates' courts in relation to—

a

applications under sections 3(6), 7(5), 8(2) and (5), 9(8), 14(2) and 16(b) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”);

b

applications under the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Defence Disclosure Time Limits) Regulations 1997 (“the 1997 Regulations”);

c

orders under sections 3(6), 7(5), 8(2) and (5) and 9(8) of the 1996 Act;

d

orders under section 14(3) of the 1996 Act; and

e

orders under the 1997 Regulations.