4

Where a court record appears to the court officer to be incorrect the officer must correct it if—

a

the parties agree on the terms of the correction; or

b

the court so directs.

5

Where a court (“the receiving court”), or a party to the proceedings before that court, questions the accuracy of a record of a decision by a court (“the transferring court”) which sent a case for trial, committed, remitted or transferred a case for sentence or other determination, or from which an appeal has been brought to the receiving court—

a

the court officer for the transferring court must review that record;

b

if that record appears to be correct then the court officer for the transferring court must so inform the receiving court as soon as practicable, explaining that conclusion; and

c

if that record appears to be incorrect then the court officer must correct it.

Where a court record accurately records a court’s decision but a party (a) wants the court to change that decision, or (b) questions the court’s power to make that decision, see rules 28.4 (Variation of sentence) and 44.3 (Reopening a case in a magistrates’ court; Setting aside a conviction or varying a costs, etc. order).