Updated Criminal Procedure Rules 20151 and Criminal Practice Directions 20152 came into force on 5 October 2015.
Details
The Criminal Procedure Rules 2015 and Criminal Practice Directions 2015 revoke the 2013 Criminal Procedure Rules and Criminal Practice Directions.3
The changes between the 2013 and 2015 provisions are largely nominal, mainly consisting of updating to reflect legislative changes and paragraph reordering and renumbering to correspond between the 2015 Criminal Procedure Rules and Criminal Practice Directions (for example, CPR Part 29 becomes Part 18 in the new rules).
There have been no changes to the Practice Directions that would specifically affect child defendants (3D Vulnerable people in the Courts, 3E Ground rules hearings to plan the questioning of a vulnerable witness or defendant, 3F Intermediaries, 3G Vulnerable defendants).
The 2015 amendments are available on www.judiciary.gov.uk and www.justice.gov.uk.
- Criminal Procedure Rules 2015 (SI 2015/1490) (back)
- Criminal Practice Directions 2015 [2015] EWCA 1567, Criminal Practice Direction (Costs in Criminal Proceedings) [2015] EWCA Crim 1568 (back)
- Criminal Practice Directions [2013] EWCA Crim 163; [2013] 1 WLR 3164 (amended) and 2013 Practice Direction (Costs in Criminal Proceedings) (back)