Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 3115

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Service of Prosecution Evidence) Regulations 1998

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1998 No. 3115

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Service of Prosecution Evidence) Regulations 1998

	Made	11th December 1998
	Laid before Parliament	11th December 1998
	Coming into force	4th January 1999

The Attorney General, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998[1], hereby makes the following Regulations:

    1.These Regulations may be cited as the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Service of Prosecution Evidence) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 4th January 1999.

    2. - (1) Where a person is sent for trial under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 on any charge or charges, copies of the documents containing the evidence on which the charge or charges are based shall, on or before the relevant date, be:

(a) served on that person; and

(b) given to the Crown Court sitting at the place specified in the notice under subsection (7) of that section.

    (2) In sub-paragraph (1) above "the relevant date" means the day one year after that person was sent for trial.


John Morrison
Her Majesty's Attorney General

11th December 1998

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations relate to circumstances where a person is sent by a magistrates' court to the Crown Court for trial pursuant to section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

Regulation 2 provides for the date on or by which the prosecutor shall serve copy documents containing the evidence on which the charge or charges are based on the accused and the Crown Court. This date shall be one year from the date on which the accused was sent for trial by the magistrates' court.

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Notes:

[1] 1998 c. 37.back

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ISBN 0 11 080273 X

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