8. In Part 13 (Warrants for arrest, detention or imprisonment), in rule 13.3 (Terms of a warrant for detention or imprisonment) after paragraph (2) insert—
“(3) Where a magistrates’ court sentences a defendant to imprisonment or detention and section 11(3) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980(1) applies (custodial sentence imposed in the defendant’s absence), the warrant it issues must—
(a)require each person to whom the warrant is directed—
(i)to arrest the defendant and bring him or her to a court specified in the warrant, and
(ii)unless the court then otherwise directs, after that to act as required by paragraph (1)(a) of this rule; and
(b)require the custodian to whom the defendant is delivered in accordance with that paragraph to act as required by paragraph (1)(b) of this rule.”.
1980 c. 43; section 11(3) was amended by section 123 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), section 168 of, and paragraph 39 of Schedule 10 to, the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33), section 119 of, and paragraph 39 of Schedule 8 to, the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37), section 304 of, and paragraphs 25 and 26 of Schedule 32 to, the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) and section 54 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4).