Part III

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Rules of Court

Process for making rules of court under section 84
86A
1
Crown Court rules must be
submitted to the Lord Chancellor after being made by the Lord Chief Justice
2
The Lord Chancellor may allow or disallow rules so made.
3
If the Lord Chancellor disallows rules, he must give the
Lord Chief Justice
written reasons for doing so.
4
Rules so made and 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 applies as if the instrument contained rules made by a Minister of the Crown.
5
A statutory instrument containing Crown Court rules is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
6
In this section and section 86B “
Crown Court rules
” means rules of court made under section 84.
Ss. 86A, 86B inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 138; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. para. 11(p)
Words in s. 86A(1) substituted (18.9.2012) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Crown Court Rule Committee and Magistrates' Courts Rule Committee) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2398), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(2)
Words in s. 86A(3) substituted (18.9.2012) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Crown Court Rule Committee and Magistrates' Courts Rule Committee) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2398), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(3)