Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 3) 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1387
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) This Act of Adjournal may be cited as the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 3 ) 1999 and shall come into force on 19th May 1999.

(2) This Act of Adjournal shall be inserted in the Books of Adjournal.

Section 2 Amendment of the Criminal Procedure Rules 1996

(1) Schedule 2 to the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996 (criminal procedure) shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2) In Chapter 1—

(a) in the heading, for “ AND FORMS ” substitute “ ETC. ”; and

(b) after rule 1.3 insert—

Direction relating to Advocate General

(1.4) The Lord Justice General may, by direction, specify such arrangements as he considers necessary for, or in connection with, the appearance in court of the Advocate General for Scotland.

(3) After rule 3.5 insert—

Registers kept by High Court

(3.5A) Any register kept by the High Court, whether or not under or by virtue of these Rules, may be kept either—

(a) in documentary form; or

(b) in electronic form (that is to say in a form accessible only by electronic means).

(4) Rule 20.1 (form of sentence of death) shall cease to have effect.

(5) In the appendix, Form 20.1 (form of sentence of death) shall cease to have effect.