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Criminal Procedure Rules definition

What does Criminal Procedure Rules mean? Criminal Procedure rules (CrimPR) set out how criminal cases are managed and conducted in England and Wales, from first appearance in the magistrates’ court through trial, sentence and appeal. They are a statutory code made by the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee under section 69 of the Courts Act 2003 and are supplemented by the Criminal practice Directions. The Rules apply in the magistrates’ courts, the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), and to extradition proceedings, including appeals in the High Court (Administrative Court). Key features include the overriding objective (dealing with cases justly), active...

Archived: February and April 2014 Criminal Procedure Rules updates—deferred prosecution agreements, hearing list publication, joint defendants sent for Crown Court trial, costs orders, statutory declaration changes

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Practice notes

ARCHIVED: This archived PrACTice Note outlines background on the reforms to criminal procedure that took effect on 24 February and 7 April 2014 under the Criminal Procedure Rules 2013, SI 2013/1554, and the Criminal Procedure (Amendment No) Rules 2013, SI 2013/3183. Those instruments have since been revoked. The current criminal procedure framework is contained in the Criminal Procedure Rules 2015, SI 2015/1490, as amended. See Practice Note: The Criminal Procedure Rules. This Practice Note reflects the law as at 7 April 2014, is not maintained, and is provided for background purposes only.

What are the changes which have already been made in 2014?

From 24 February 2014, provisions establishing the framework for deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) came into force. These measures inserted a new Part 12 into the Criminal Procedure Rules 2013 to set out the procedure for this alternative means of addressing certain offences. Schedule 17 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 prescribes an alternative procedure for dealing with fraud and certain other offences said to have been committed by an organisation, through a DPA entered into by the prosecutor and the organisation...

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