PART 3CASE MANAGEMENT

PREPARATION FOR TRIAL IN THE CROWN COURT

Use of Welsh language at Crown Court trial3.34.

Where a Crown Court trial will take place in Wales and a participant wishes to use the Welsh language—

(a)

that participant must serve notice on the court officer, or arrange for such a notice to be served on that participant’s behalf—

(i)

at or before the plea and trial preparation hearing, or

(ii)

in accordance with any direction given by the court; and

(b)

if such a notice is served, the court officer must arrange for an interpreter to attend.

[Note. See section 22 of the Welsh Language Act 1993137.]

Other provisions affecting case management

Case management may be affected by the following other rules and legislation:

Criminal Procedure Rules

Part 8 Initial details of the prosecution case

Part 9 Allocation and sending for trial

Part 10 The indictment

Part 15 Disclosure

Parts 16 – 23: the rules that deal with evidence

Part 24 Trial and sentence in a magistrates’ court

Part 25 Trial and sentence in the Crown Court

Regulations

The Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) Regulations 1987138
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Service of Prosecution Evidence) Regulations 2005139
The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Defence Disclosure Time Limits) Regulations 2011140

Acts of Parliament

Sections 10 and 18, Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980141: powers to adjourn hearings
Sections 128 and 129, Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980142: remand in custody by magistrates’ courts
Sections 19 and 24A, Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980143 and sections 51 and 51A, Crime and Disorder Act 1998144: allocation and sending for trial
Section 2, Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933145: procedural conditions for trial in the Crown Court
Sections 8A and 8B, Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980146: pre-trial hearings in magistrates’ courts
Section 7, Criminal Justice Act 1987147; Parts III and IV, Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996: pre-trial and preparatory hearings in the Crown Court
Section 9, Criminal Justice Act 1967148: proof by written witness statement
Part 1, Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996149: disclosure.]