Criminal Procedure Rules (England and Wales): October 2023—CPD content moved; defendant address; record Part 47 applications; court list changes; single justice online conviction; behaviour orders/SDPOs; s28 timetables

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Practice notes

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived and no longer updated. It outlines key alterations to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2020, SI 2020/759 (CrimPR), introduced by the Criminal Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2023, SI 2023/786, which commenced on 2 October 2023. The changes bring in new rules replacing earlier Practice Directions, and further provisions concerning the long‑standing requirement to state a defendant’s address publicly in court, the tests for granting an adjournment, audio recording in the Crown Court on applications for search warrants or investigation orders, and fixing a timetable for any video‑recorded witness cross‑examination and re‑examination. Additional revisions update the rules on displaying information in court buildings about forthcoming cases, the single justice procedure, access to information from court records, and the citation of commonly referenced authorities in the Court of Appeal. Further modifications cover notices about upcoming cases, the single justice process, access to court information, and referencing authorities in the Court of Appeal.

Rules to replace previous Criminal Practice Directions

On 29 May 2023, the Criminal Practice Directions 2023 (CPD 2023) took effect. In announcing CPD 2023, the Lord Chief Justice stated that he and the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) had agreed that several practice directions...

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