The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules make the following amendments to The Criminal Procedure Rules 2010, S.I. 2010/60:

Rule	Amendment
Part 3	Rule 3.10 is amended to require the court to consider setting a timetable for the hearing of a trial or an appeal; and to allow the court to impose time limits during the progress of a hearing.
Part 5	Rule 5.3 is amended to allow the authentication by means other than conventional signature of certain magistrates’ court forms. Rule 5.7 is amended to make clear that it is a rule of procedure, not a rule of evidence.
Part 7	Rule 7.4(3) is amended to make clear that a summons may be authenticated by means other than conventional signature, or by the identification on its face of the court that issued it. (‘Court’ is defined by rule 2.2(1).)
Part 18	The rules are replaced with revised and simplified rules about warrants for arrest, detention or imprisonment, applicable in all criminal courts.
Part 19	Rule 19.17(4) is amended to remove restrictions on the defendant’s right to be present at the hearing of a prosecutor’s appeal against the grant of bail.
Part 29	A new Section 6 is added, containing rules about applications for witnesses to give evidence by live link under section 32 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 or section 51 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
Part 30	The Part is omitted. The rules are replaced by the new rules in Part 29.
Part 37	Rule 37.10(3) and the note to that rule are amended to bring up to date references to sentencing guidelines and to the Sentencing Council.
Part 42	The rules are replaced with revised and simplified rules about sentencing procedures in special cases, applicable in all criminal courts.
Part 43	The Part is omitted. The rules are replaced by the new rules in Part 42.
Part 44	The rules are amended to make them applicable in the Crown Court as well as in magistrates’ courts; and to take account of legislative changes.
Part 45	The Part is omitted. The rules are replaced by the new rules in Part 42.
Part 47	The Part is omitted. The rules are replaced by the new rules in Part 42.
Part 48	The Part is omitted. The rules are replaced by the new rules in Part 42.
Part 49	The Part is omitted. The rules are replaced by the new rules in Part 42.
Part 50	Rule 50.2 is amended to list the occasions on which legislation requires the court to give reasons if it decides not to make a behaviour order. Rule 50.5 is amended to allow the court to direct whether, and if so by whom, there should be served an application to vary or revoke a behaviour order.
Part 52	The rules are replaced with revised and simplified rules about the enforcement of fines and other orders for payment.
Part 53	The Part is omitted. The rules are replaced by the new rules in Part 42.
Part 54	The Part is omitted. The rules are replaced by the new rules in Part 42.
Part 55	Rules 55.1 to 55.4 are replaced with revised and simplified rules about road traffic penalties. Rule 55.5 is reproduced unchanged.
Part 57	Rule 57.15 is amended to bring up to date the legislative references that it contains.
Part 58	Rule 58.10 is amended to take account of legislative changes.
Part 60	Rules 60.1, 60.5 and 60.6 are amended to take account of legislative changes.

Amendments to notes to rules. The note to rule 2.5 is amended to bring up to date the legislative references that it contains. The notes to rules 35.3 and 35.4 are amended to correct the cross-references that they contain.

Amendments to the preamble. The preamble that lists the powers exercised by the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee is amended to omit a reference that no longer is required; to correct a reference to a rule; and to include a reference to a power now exercised by the Committee for the first time.

Amendments to the Arrangement of Rules. The Arrangement of Rules is amended in consequence of the amendments listed in the above table.

These Rules come into force on 4th October 2010.