Part IV The Crown Court
C1 53A F1Making of Crown Court rules
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It is for the Crown Court Rules Committee to make Crown Court rules.
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For the purposes of this section, “relevant authority” means—
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in relation to Crown Court rules which deal (or would deal) with an excepted matter, the Lord Chancellor; and
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otherwise, the Department of Justice;
and for the purposes of this subsection “deal with” and “excepted matter” have the same meanings as in the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
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After making Crown Court rules the Committee must submit them to the F3relevant authority.
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Crown Court rules have effect only if allowed by the F3relevant authority.
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The Committee must make such Crown Court rules as it considers necessary to achieve the specified purpose.
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Those Crown Court rules must be—
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made within a reasonable period after the F3relevant authority gives notice under subsection (6);
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made in accordance with this section.