The Criminal Appeal (Amendment) Rules 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/702
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Criminal Appeal (Amendment) Rules 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

Section 2 Amendment of Criminal Appeals Rules 1968

The Criminal Appeal Rules 1968 shall be amended as follows—

(a) in rule 9 for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted—

(2) The examination of a witness shall be conducted by the taking of a deposition and, unless the court directs otherwise, shall take place in public.

(b) in rule 16A in paragraph (1) after the words “section 159(1)(a)” there shall be inserted “, (aa)”.