The Criminal Procedure Rules 2005

These Rules govern the practice and procedure to be followed in the criminal courts. They represent the first step in the creation of a new, consolidated criminal procedural code. Part 1 contains the overriding objective of the Rules. Part 2 contains provisions for understanding and applying the Rules. Part 3 contains new rules to facilitate the management of criminal cases by the court in accordance with the overriding objective. The main body of the Rules (Parts 4 to 78) are a consolidation of the existing rules of court, which are for the time being re-enacted without any substantial changes as part of the Criminal Procedure Rules.

Author: Woolf of Barnes, C.J., Jane Furniss, Auld, L.J., Hooper, L.J., Wakerley, J., Charles Wide, Roderick Denyer, Anthony Evans, Brenda Large, Andrew Mimmack, Kenneth Macdonald, David Fisher, Tom Little, Graham White, Derek French, Mark Benbow, Mark Harris and James Riches

Last modified: 2010-07-16