The Criminal Procedure Rules 2020

When this Part applies E+W

34.1.—(1) This Part applies where—

(a) a defendant wants to appeal under—

(i) section 108 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980(1),

(ii) section 45 of the Mental Health Act 1983(2),

F1 (iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F2 (iii)] section 42 of the Counter Terrorism Act 2008(3);

[F3 (iv) paragraph 10 of Schedule 5, paragraph 6(11) or 21(6) of Schedule 7, or paragraph 10(11), 14(8) or 23(6) of Schedule 10 to the Sentencing Act 2020;]

(b) the Criminal Cases Review Commission refers a defendant’s case to the Crown Court under section 11 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995(4);

(c) a prosecutor wants to appeal under—

(i) section 14A(5A) of the Football Spectators Act 1989(5), or

(ii) section 147(3) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979(6); or

(d) a person wants to appeal under—

(i) section 1 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Appeals from Binding Over Orders) Act 1956(7),

(ii) section 12(5) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981(8),

(iii) regulation 3C or 3H of the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986(9),

(iv) section 22 of the Football Spectators Act 1989(10),

(v) section 10F4 ... of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998(11), F5 ...

(vi) section 28(5)(b) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019(12).

[F6 (vii) section 366(9) of the Sentencing Act 2020.]

[F7 (viii) section 342I(2) of the 2020 Act, or

(ix) section 46(5) of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.]

(2) A reference to an ‘appellant’ in this Part is a reference to such a party or person.

[Note. An appeal to the Crown Court is by way of re-hearing: see section 79(3) of the Senior Courts Act 1981(13). For the powers of the Crown Court on an appeal, see section 48 of that Act.

A defendant may appeal from a magistrates’ court to the Crown Court—

(a) under section 108 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, against sentence after a guilty plea and after a not guilty plea against conviction, against a finding of guilt or against sentence;

(b) under section 45 of the Mental Health Act 1983, where the magistrates’ court makes a hospital order or guardianship order without convicting the defendant;

[F8 (c) under paragraph 10 of Schedule 5, paragraph 6(11) or 21(6) of Schedule 7, or paragraph 10(11), 14(8) or 23(6) of Schedule 10 to the Sentencing Act 2020, where the magistrates’ court—

(i) deals with the defendant for breach of a reparation order, a youth rehabilitation order or a community order,

(ii) except in some circumstances, amends a reparation order, or

(iii) except in some circumstances, deals with an application to revoke a reparation order or a community order;]

(d) under section 42 of the Counter Terrorism Act 2008, where the magistrates’ court decides that an offence has a terrorist connection.

See section 13 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995(14) for the circumstances in which the Criminal Cases Review Commission may refer a conviction or sentence to the Crown Court.

Under section 14A(5A) of the Football Spectators Act 1989, a prosecutor may appeal to the Crown Court against a failure by a magistrates’ court to make a football banning order.

Under section 147(3) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, a prosecutor may appeal to the Crown Court against any decision of a magistrates’ court in proceedings for an offence under any Act relating to customs or excise.

Under section 1 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Appeals from Binding Over Orders) Act 1956, a person bound over to keep the peace or be of good behaviour by a magistrates’ court may appeal to the Crown Court.

Under section 12(5) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, a person detained, committed to custody or fined by a magistrates’ court for insulting a member of the court or another participant in the case, or for interrupting the proceedings, may appeal to the Crown Court.

Under regulation 3C of the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986, a legal representative against whom a magistrates’ court makes a wasted costs order under section 19A of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 and regulation 3B may appeal against that order to the Crown Court.

Under regulation 3H of the Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986, a third party against whom a magistrates’ court makes a costs order under section 19B of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 and regulation 3F may appeal against that order to the Crown Court.

Under section 22 of the Football Spectators Act 1989, any person aggrieved by the decision of a magistrates’ court making a football banning order may appeal to the Crown Court.

[F9 Under section 10 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 or under section 366(9) of the Sentencing Act 2020, a person in respect of whom a magistrates’ court makes a parenting order may appeal against that order to the Crown Court.]

Under section 28(5)(b) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 an applicant to a magistrates’ court for the variation, renewal or discharge of a knife crime prevention order made by that court, or a respondent to such an application, may appeal to the Crown Court against the decision of the magistrates’ court.]

[F10 Under section 342I(2) of the Sentencing Act 2020 an applicant to a magistrates’ court for the variation, renewal or discharge of a serious violence reduction order made by that court, or a respondent to such an application, may appeal to the Crown Court against the decision of the magistrates’ court.

Under section 46(5), (7) of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 an applicant to a magistrates’ court for the variation or discharge of a domestic abuse prevention order made by that court, or a respondent to such an application, may appeal to the Crown Court against the decision of the magistrates’ court.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Rule 34.1(1)(a)(iii) omitted (4.10.2021) by virtue of The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/849), rules 1, 11(a)(i)

F2 Rule 34.1(1)(a)(iv) renumbered as rule 34.1(1)(a)(iii) (4.10.2021) by The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/849), rules 1, 11(a)(ii)

F3 Rule 34.1(iv) inserted (4.10.2021) by The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/849), rules 1, 11(a)(iii)

F4 Words in rule 34.1(1)(d)(v) omitted (4.10.2021) by virtue of The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/849), rules 1, 11(a)(iv)

F5 Word in rule 34.1(1)(d)(v) omitted (3.10.2022) by virtue of The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/815), rules 2, 19(a)

F6 Rule 34.1(vii) inserted (4.10.2021) by The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/849), rules 1, 11(a)(v)

F7 Rule 34.1(1)(d)(viii)(ix) inserted (3.10.2022) by The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/815), rules 2, 19(b)

F8 Words in rule 34.1 substituted (4.10.2021) by The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/849), rules 1, 11(a)(vi)

F9 Words in rule 34.1 substituted (4.10.2021) by The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/849), rules 1, 11(a)(vii)

F10 Words in rule 34.1 inserted (3.10.2022) by The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/815), rules 2, 19(c)

Commencement Information

I1 Rule 34.1 in force at 5.10.2020, see Preamble

(1)

1980 c. 43; section 108 was amended by sections 66(2) and 78 of, and Schedule 16 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), section 23(3) of the Football Spectators Act 1989 (c. 37), section 101(2) of, and Schedule 13 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), sections 119 and 120(2) of, and paragraph 43 of Schedule 8 and Schedule 10 to, the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37), section 7(2) of the Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 1999 (c. 21), section 165(1) of, and paragraph 71 of Schedule 9 to, the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6), section 1 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Football (Disorder) Act 2000 (c. 25), section 58(1) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 10 to, the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), section 52(2) of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 3 to, the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38) and section 64 of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to, the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45).

(2)

1983 c. 20.

(3)

2008 c. 28.

(4)

1995 c. 35.

(5)

1989 c. 37; section 14A(5A) was inserted by section 52 of, and paragraphs 1 and 3 of Schedule 3 to, the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38).

(6)

1979 c. 2.

(7)

1956 c. 44; section 1 was amended by Part 1 of Schedule 7 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80), Part 1 of Schedule 9 to, the Courts Act 1971 (c. 23) and Schedule 9 to, the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43).

(8)

1981 c. 49; section 12(5) was amended by section 165(1) of, and paragraph 83 of Schedule 9 to, the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6).

(9)

S.I. 1986/1335; regulation 3C was inserted by regulation 2 of The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (SI 1991/789) and amended by regulation 5 of The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/2408). Regulation 3H was inserted by regulation 7 of The Costs in Criminal Cases (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2408).

(10)

1989 c. 37; section 22 was amended by section 5 of the Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 1999 (c. 21), section 1 of, and paragraphs 9 – 11 and 17 of Schedule 2 to, the Football (Disorder) Act 2000 (c. 25) and section 109(1) and (3) of, and paragraph 335 of Schedule 8, and Schedule 10 to, the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39).

(11)

1998 c. 37; section 10 was amended by section 15 of, and paragraphs 276 and 277 of Schedule 4 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), section 41 of the Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17) and section 17 of, and paragraph 52 of Schedule 9 to, the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22).

(12)

2019 c. 17; section 28 comes into force on a date to be appointed.

(13)

1981 c. 54. The Act’s title was amended by section 59(5) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4).

(14)

1995 c. 35; section 13 was amended by section 321 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 11 to, the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c.52).