1. These Rules may be cited as the Indictments (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2000 and shall come into force on 15th January 2001.

2. —(1) The Indictments (Procedure) Rules 1971( 2 ) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In rule 2—

(a) after the entry in respect of “committal proceedings”, there shall be inserted—

“ “sending for trial” means the sending of a person by a magistrates' court to the Crown Court for trial under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; ” ;

(b) after the entry in respect of “committal documents” (but before the proviso), after the words “tendered at any committal proceedings”, there shall be inserted:

• “ ;

• “given documents” means documents given to the Crown Court under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 where a person is sent for trial under section 51 of that Act ” ; and

(c) in the proviso—

(i) after the words “committal documents”, there shall be inserted the words “or given documents”; and

(ii) after the words “Magistrates' Courts Act 1980”, there shall be inserted “or paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998”.

(3) In rule 5(1), after sub-paragraph (c), there shall be inserted the following—

• “ ;

  (d)

  where a person is sent for trial under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, within a period of 28 days commencing with the date on which copies of the documents containing the evidence on which the charge or charges are based are served under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to that Act ” .

(4) In rule 8—

(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (a), the word “and” shall be omitted; and

(b) after sub-paragraph (b), there shall be inserted the following:

• “ ; and

  (c)

  shall state whether there has been any sending for trial and any application for dismissal under paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, and the result of any such application ” .

(5) In rule 9—

(a) in paragraph (1), after the words “committal proceedings”, there shall be inserted the words “and no sending for trial”;

(b) in paragraph (2)—

(i) after the words “accused for trial,”, there shall be inserted “or there has been a sending for trial, and the charge or charges have been withdrawn or dismissed,”;

(ii) after the words “committal documents” (on each occasion where they appear), there shall be inserted the words “or given documents”; and

(c) in paragraph (3)—

(i) after the word “committed”, there shall be inserted the words “or sent”; and

(ii) after the words “committal documents” (on each occasion where they appear), there shall be inserted the words “or given documents”.

3. The Indictments (Procedure) (Modification) Rules 1998( 3 ) are hereby revoked.