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The Magistrates' Courts (Amendment) Rules 1997

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MAGISTRATES' COURTS;PROCEDURE

These Rules amend the Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981 (“the 1981 Rules”) to take account of the changes in magistrates' courts' procedures in respect of committal for trial in the Crown Court (“committal proceedings”) effected by the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25) (“the 1996 Act”). Unless otherwise indicated any reference in this note to a rule is a reference to one of these Rules.