Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules23.

In Part 39 (Appeal to the Court of Appeal about conviction or sentence)—

(a)

in rule 39.1 (When this Part applies)—

(i)

in paragraph (1)(d), for “section 74(8) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 200582” substitute “section 389 of the Sentencing Act 202083”,

(ii)

in the third paragraph of the note to the rule, for “section 82A of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 200084 or under section 269 of the 2003 Act85” substitute “section 321 of the 2020 Act”, and

(iii)

in the eighth paragraph of the note to the rule, for “section 74(8) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005” substitute “section 389 of the 2020 Act”;

(b)

in rule 39.3 (Form of appeal notice)—

(i)

at the end of paragraph (1)(e) omit “and”,

(ii)

at the end of paragraph (1)(f) insert “and include or attach an electronic link to each such document that has been made available to the Registrar under rule 36.8(1)(a) (Duty of Crown Court officer); and”, and

(iii)

after paragraph (1)(f) insert—

“(g)

include or attach—

(i)

an electronic copy of any authority identified by the grounds of appeal (see paragraph (2)(f)), or

(ii)

if two or more such authorities are identified, electronic copies of each together in a single electronic document.”;

(c)

in rule 39.6 (Respondent’s notice)—

(i)

at the end of paragraph (6)(f) omit “and”,

(ii)

at the end of paragraph (6)(g) insert “and include or attach an electronic link to each such document that has been made available to the Registrar under rule 36.8(1)(a) (Duty of Crown Court officer); and”, and

(iii)

after paragraph (6)(g) insert—

“(h)

include or attach—

(i)

an electronic copy of any authority identified under paragraph (6)(e), or

(ii)

if two or more such authorities are identified, electronic copies of each together in a single electronic document.”; and

(d)

in rule 39.8 (Application for bail, or to suspend a disqualification or order, pending appeal or retrial)—

(i)

omit paragraph (4),

(ii)

in the note to the rule, for the first paragraph substitute—
“See section 19 of the Criminal Appeal Act 196886 and section 3(8) of the Bail Act 197687. An application about bail or about the conditions of bail may be made either by an appellant or respondent.”, and

(iii)

in the note to the rule omit the fifth paragraph (which concerns the Criminal Justice and Data Protection (Protocol No. 36) Regulations 201488).