C2Part 7Procedure rules and practice directions
Criminal Procedure Rules and practice directions
I172Process for making Criminal Procedure Rules
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The Criminal Procedure Rule Committee must, before making Criminal Procedure Rules—
a
consult such persons as they consider appropriate, and
b
meet (unless it is inexpedient to do so).
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Rules made by the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee must be—
a
signed by a majority of the members of the Committee, and
b
submitted to the Lord Chancellor.
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The Lord Chancellor may F2. . . allow or disallow rules so made.
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If the Lord Chancellor disallows rules, he must give the Committee written reasons for doing so.
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Rules so made F3and allowed by the Lord Chancellor—
a
come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor directs, and
b
are to be contained in a statutory instrument to which the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (c. 36) applies as if the instrument contained rules made by a Minister of the Crown.
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F4. . . a statutory instrument containing Criminal Procedure Rules is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
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Pt. 7 modified (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 36(4), 94(1); S.I. 2008/755, art. 15(1)(f)