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The Criminal Justice Act 1987 (Preparatory Hearings) Rules 1997

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2.  These Rules shall come into force on 15th April 1997 and shall apply, without prejudice to rule 12(2) and (3), in relation to an offence where:

(a)the accused is committed for trial for the offence on or after that day;

(b)proceedings for the trial on the charge concerned are transferred to the Crown Court on or after that day; or

(c)a bill of indictment relating to the offence is preferred on or after that day under the authority of section 2(2)(b) of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933(1) (bill preferred by direction of Court of Appeal, or by direction or with consent of a judge).

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1933 c. 36; section 2(2)(b) was amended by the Criminal Appeal Act 1964 (c. 43), Schedule 2, as read with the Criminal Appeal Act 1966 (c. 31), section 1(6)(a), and as continued by the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54), Schedule 5, and was further amended by the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23), section 31(6) and Schedule 2.

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