The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020

Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules

14.  In Part 50 (Extradition)—

(a) in rule 50.3 (Exercise of magistrates’ court’s powers)—

(i) for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) If the court so directs, a person must attend a hearing by live video link.”; and

(ii) for the second paragraph of the note at the end of the rule substitute—

“Under sections 206A to 206C of the 2003 Act(1) the court may require a person to attend by live video link any hearing to which the rules in Sections 2 and 4 of this Part apply.”; and

(b) in rule 50.17 (Exercise of High Court’s powers), in paragraph (2) for “party” substitute “person”.

(1)

2003 c. 41; sections 206A, 206B and 206C were inserted by section 78 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26). Section 206A is modified by section 54 of, and paragraphs 8 and 9 of Schedule 24 to, the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7) and section 206C is modified by that section of, and paragraphs 8 and 10 of that Schedule to, the 2020 Act.