The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008
These Rules add the following new provisions to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005:a new Part 7 (Starting a prosecution in a magistrates' court), in substitution for the existing Part 7 (Commencing proceedings in a magistrates' court). The new Part 7 rules revise and simplify the present rules. They apply as described in rule 3, to criminal cases in magistrates' courts started by one of three specified actions, on or after 6th October 2008. In other cases the rules replaced by those rules apply.a new Part 63 (Appeal to the Crown Court) in substitution for existing Part 63 (Appeal to the Crown Court). The new Part 63 rules revise and simplify the present rules so that they correspond broadly with the other appeal rules which have recently been revised and simplified. Omissions and modifications ensure that the new Part 63 rules are appropriate to the particular rights of appeal and the jurisdiction involved.new rules in Part 2 (Understanding and applying the Rules) make transitional provision and explain when the new rules in Part 7 and Part 63 will apply.