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Procedure on application by responsible officer or supervisorE+W
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32.4.—(1) Except for rules 24.8 (Written guilty plea: special rules) and 24.9 (Single justice procedure: special rules), the rules in Part 24, which deal with the procedure at a trial in a magistrates’ court, apply—
(a)as if—
(i)a reference in those rules to an allegation of an offence included a reference to an allegation of failure to comply with an order to which this Part applies,
(ii)a reference to the court’s verdict included a reference to the court’s decision to revoke or amend such an order, or to exercise any other power it has to deal with the defendant, and
(iii)a reference to the court’s sentence included a reference to the exercise of any such power; and
(b)with the necessary consequential modifications.
(2) The court officer must serve on each party any order revoking or amending an order to which this Part applies.
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I1Rule 32.4 in force at 5.10.2020, see Preamble
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