2015 No. 1490 (L. 18)
Senior Courts Of England And Wales
Magistrates’ Courts, England And Wales

The Criminal Procedure Rules 2015

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force

The Criminal Procedure Rule Committee—

(a)
revokes the Criminal Procedure Rules 20141 and makes the following Rules under section 69 of the Courts Act 20032, after consulting in accordance with section 72(1)(a) of that Act; and
(b)

in making the Rules listed in the first column of this table, exercises also the powers listed in the corresponding entry in the second column—

Rule

Power

4.1 and 4.12

Section 12(1), (3) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 19883

Part 8

Section 48 of the Criminal Law Act 19774

Part 10

Section 2 of the Indictments Act 19155 and section 2(6) of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 19336

14.6

Section 5B(9) of the Bail Act 19767

16.4

Section 9(2A) of the Criminal Justice Act 19678

19.3

Section 81 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 19849 and section 20(3) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 199610

20.4

Section 132(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 200311

Part 23

Sections 37 and 38 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 199912

24.11

Section 174(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 200313

24.15

Section 12(7ZA) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 198014

24.17

Section 30(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 200315

25.16

Section 174(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003

28.4

Section 155(7) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 200016

33.7, 33.37, 33.39 and 33.40

Section 91 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 200217

33.47

Section 52 of the Senior Courts Act 198118

34.11

Sections 73(2) and 74(2), (3) and (4) of the Senior Courts Act 198119

36.8

Section 87(4) of the Senior Courts Act 198120

40.8

Section 159(6) of the Criminal Justice Act 198821

42.14, 42.18, 42.19 and 42.20

Section 91 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

45.6 and 45.7

Section 52 of the Senior Courts Act 1981

Part 47, sections 1, 2 and 3

Paragraph 10 of Schedule 5, paragraph 4 of Schedule 6, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 6A to the Terrorism Act 200022

Part 47, sections 1, 2 and 4

Sections 351(2), 362(2), 369(2) and 375(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 200223

47.26

Section 74(3) of the Senior Courts Act 198124

48.16

Section 19 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 199625

50.17

Section 67 of the Senior Courts Act 198126

50.23

Sections 36A(4), 36B(3), 118A(4) and 118B(3) of the Extradition Act 200327

50.30

Sections 19 and 66 of the Senior Courts Act 198128

These Rules may be cited as the Criminal Procedure Rules 2015 and shall come into force on 5th October 2015.