(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules provide for the practice and procedure to be followed in magistrates' courts in relation to—

(a)

applications under sections 3(6), 7(5), 8(2) and (5), 9(8), 14(2) and 16(b) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”);

(b)

applications under the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Defence Disclosure Time Limits) Regulations 1997 (“the 1997 Regulations”);

(c)

orders under sections 3(6), 7(5), 8(2) and (5) and 9(8) of the 1996 Act;

(d)

orders under section 14(3) of the 1996 Act; and

(e)

orders under the 1997 Regulations.