The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021

  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation and commencement

  3. 2.These Rules come into force on 8th February 2021, save...

  4. 3.Transitional and saving provision

  5. 4.Interpretation

  6. 5.Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules

  7. 6.In Part 3 (Case management)— (a) in rule 3.3 (The...

  8. 7.In Part 9 (Allocation and sending for trial)—

  9. 8.In Part 14 (Bail and custody time limits)—

  10. 9.In Part 18 (Measures to assist a witness or defendant...

  11. 10.In the amendments to rules in Part 18 which temporarily...

  12. 11.In Part 21 (Evidence of bad character), in the second...

  13. 12.In Part 24 (Trial and sentence in a magistrates’ court)—...

  14. 13.In Part 25 (Trial and sentence in the Crown Court)—...

  15. 14.In Part 28 (Sentencing procedures in special cases)—

  16. 15.In Part 29 (Road traffic penalties), in the note to...

  17. 16.In Part 30 (Enforcement of fines and other orders for...

  18. 17.In Part 31 (Behaviour orders)— (a) in rule 31.1 (When...

  19. 18.In Part 32 (Breach, revocation and amendment of community and...

  20. 19.In Part 33 (Confiscation and related proceedings), in rule 33.59(5)(a)...

  21. 20.In Part 36 (Appeal to the Court of Appeal: general...

  22. 21.In Part 37 (Appeal to the Court of Appeal against...

  23. 22.In Part 38 (Appeal to the Court of Appeal against...

  24. 23.In Part 39 (Appeal to the Court of Appeal about...

  25. 24.In Part 40 (Appeal to the Court of Appeal about...

  26. 25.In Part 41 (Reference to the Court of Appeal of...

  27. 26.In Part 44 (Reopening a case in a magistrates’ court),...

  28. 27.In Part 47 (Investigation orders and warrants)—

  29. 28.In Part 49 (International co-operation)— (a) omit rules 49.12 and...

  30. 29.In Part 50 (Extradition)— (a) in rule 50.1 (When this...

  31. 30.Amend the following rules consequentially— (a) in rule 2.2(4)(d) (temporary...

  32. 31.In the preamble to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2020, in...

  33. Signature

  34. Explanatory Note