The Indictments (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 1988

Made: 10th October 1988

Coming into force: 31st October 1988

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Section 2(6) of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933[^f00001], hereby makes the following rules:-

1

These Rules may be cited as the Indictments (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 1988 and shall come into force on 31 October 1988.

2

Rule 5 of the Indictments (Procedure) Rules 1971[^f00002] shall be amended by substituting for paragraph (1) the following new paragraph —

(1) Subject to the provisions of this rule, a bill of indictment shall be preferred — (a) where a defendant has been committed for trial, within a period of 28 days commencing with the date of committal, or (b) where a notice of transfer has been given under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987[^f00003], within a period of 28 days commencing with the date on which notice is given.

Signed

Mackay of Clashfern, C. — Dated 10th October 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules provide that the period of 28 days in which a bill of indictment is to be prepared is to begin on the date when the defendant is committed for trial or when a notice of transfer is given under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987, whichever is appropriate.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1933 c. 36.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1971/2084, as amended by S.I. 1983/284.

[^f00003]: 1987 c. 38.