The Criminal Procedure Rules 2005

1. Introductory Text

2. General matters

   1. 1 The overriding objective

   2. 2 Understanding and applying the Rules

   3. 3 Case management

   4. 4 Service of documents

   5. 5 Forms

   6. 6 Court records

3. Preliminary proceedings

   1. 7 Commencing proceedings in a magistrates' court

   2. 8 Objecting to discontinuance of proceedings in a magistrates' court

   3. 9 Pre-trial hearings in magistrates' courts

   4. 10 Committal for trial

   5. 11 Transfer for trial of serious fraud cases and cases involving children

   6. 12 Sending for trial

   7. 13 Dismissal of charges sent or transferred to the Crown Court

   8. 14 The indictment

   9. 15 Preparatory hearings in cases of serious fraud and other complex or lengthy cases in the Crown Court

   10. 16 Restrictions on reporting and public access

   11. 17 Extradition

4. Custody and bail

   1. 18 Warrants

   2. 19 Bail in magistrates' courts and the Crown Court

   3. 20 Custody time limits

5. Disclosure

   1. 21 Advance information in magistrates' courts

   2. 22 Disclosure by the prosecution

   3. 23 Disclosure by the defence

   4. 24 Disclosure of expert evidence

   5. 25 Applications for Public Interest Immunity and specific disclosure

   6. 26 Confidential material

6. Evidence

   1. 27 Witness statements

   2. 28 Witness summonses and orders

   3. 29 Special measures directions

   4. 30 Use of live television link other than for vulnerable witnesses

   5. 31 Restrictions on cross-examination by a defendant in person

   6. 32 International co-operation

   7. 33 Expert evidence

   8. 34 Hearsay evidence

   9. 35 Evidence of bad character

   10. 36 Evidence of a complainant’s previous sexual behaviour

7. Trial

   1. 37 Summary trial

   2. 38 Trial of children and young persons

   3. 39 Trial on indictment

   4. 40 Tainted acquittals

   5. 41 Retrial following acquittal for serious offence

8. Sentencing

   1. 42 Remittal from one magistrates' court to another for sentence

   2. 43 Committal to the Crown Court for sentence

   3. 44 Sentencing children and young persons

   4. 45 Deferred sentence

   5. 46 Custodial sentences

   6. 47 Suspended sentences of imprisonment

   7. 48 Community penalties

   8. 49 Hospital and guardianship orders

   9. 50 Supplementary orders made on conviction

   10. 51 Fines

   11. 52 Enforcement of fines

   12. 53 Compensation orders

   13. 54 Conditional discharge

   14. 55 Road traffic penalties

9. Confiscation and related proceedings

   1. 56 Confiscation proceedings under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and Drug Trafficking Act 1994

   2. 57 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002—rules for all proceedings

   3. 58 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002—rules for confiscation proceedings

   4. 59 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002—rules for restraint proceedings

   5. 60 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002—rules for receivership proceedings

   6. 61 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002—rules for both restraint and receivership proceedings

   7. 62 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002—rules for investigations

10. Appeal

    1. 63 Appeal to the Crown Court against conviction or sentence

    2. 64 Appeal to the High Court by case stated

    3. 65 Appeal to the Court of Appeal against ruling in preparatory hearing

    4. 66 Appeal to the Court of Appeal against ruling adverse to prosecution

    5. 67 Appeal to the Court of Appeal regarding reporting or public access

    6. 68 Appeal to the Court of Appeal against conviction or sentence

    7. 69 Reference to the Court of Appeal on point of law

    8. 70 Reference to the Court of Appeal of unduly lenient sentence

    9. 71 Appeal to the Court of Appeal under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002—general rules

    10. 72 Appeal to the Court of Appeal under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002—prosecutor’s appeal regarding confiscation

    11. 73 Appeal to the Court of Appeal under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002—restraint and receivership orders

    12. 74 Appeal to the House of Lords

    13. 75 Reference to the European Court

11. Costs

    1. 76 Representation Orders

    2. 77 Recovery of Defence Costs Orders

    3. 78 Costs ordered against the parties

12. Glossary

13. Signature

14. Explanatory Note