The Criminal Procedure Rules 2020

When this Part applies E+W

4.1.—(1) The rules in this Part apply—

(a) to the service of every document in a case to which these Rules apply; and

(b) for the purposes of section 12 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988(1), to the service of a requirement to which that section applies.

(2) The rules apply subject to any special rules in other legislation (including other Parts of these Rules) or in the Practice Direction.

(3) In this Part, ‘the relevant court office’ means—

(a) in relation to a case in a magistrates’ court or in the Crown Court, an office—

(i) at which that court’s business is administered, and

(ii) the address or electronic address of which is advertised by the Lord Chancellor at the date of service as that at which that type of document must be served;

(b) in relation to an application to a High Court judge for permission to serve a draft indictment—

(i) in London, the Queen’s Bench Listing Office, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL,

(ii) elsewhere, the office at which court staff administer the business of any court then constituted of a High Court judge, and

(iii) in either case, the electronic address which is advertised by the Lord Chancellor at the date of service as that at which such an application must be served;

(c) in relation to an extradition appeal case in the High Court—

(i) the Administrative Court Office, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL, and

(ii) the electronic address which is advertised by the Lord Chancellor at the date of service as that at which that type of document must be served; and

(d) where the recipient is the Registrar of Criminal Appeals—

(i) the Criminal Appeal Office, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL, and

(ii) the electronic address which is advertised by the Lord Chancellor at the date of service as that at which that type of document must be served.

[Note. Section 12 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 allows the court to accept the documents to which it refers as evidence of a driver’s identity where a requirement to state that identity has been served under section 172 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(2) or under section 112 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(3).]

Commencement Information

I1 Rule 4.1 in force at 5.10.2020, see Preamble

(1)

1988 c. 53; section 12 was amended by article 3 of, and paragraphs 29 and 30 of the Schedule to, S.I. 2004/2035.

(2)

1988 c. 52; section 172 was substituted by section 21 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40) and amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 3 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c. 22) and the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14).

(3)

1984 c. 27; section 112 was amended by section 102 of, and Schedule 17 to, the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) and section 4 of, and paragraph 6 of the Schedule to, the Parking Act 1989 (c. 16).