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Statutory Instruments
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
2nd December 1988
Laid before Parliament
13th December 198
Coming into force
5th January 1989
1. These Rules may be cited as the Crown Court (Amendment) (No. 4) Rules 1988 and shall come into force on 5th January 1989.
2. In rule 25 of the Crown Court Rules 1982(3) -
(a)for the heading there shall be substituted "Appeal against refusal to excuse from jury service or to defer attendance";
(b)in paragraph (1), after the words "section 9(2)" there shall be inserted the words ", or to defer his attendance under section 9A(1),";
(c)at the end of paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the words "or why his attendance should be deferred.".
Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Lane, C. J.
Stephen Brown, P.
Anthony McCowan, J.
Richard Lowry
D. R. Thompson
M. J. Langton
David Jeffreys
L. Naylor
Dated 2nd December 1988
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend Rule 25 of the Crown Court Rules 1982, which makes provision for an appeal against a refusal of the appropriate officer of the Crown Court to excuse a person from jury service. The amendment enables a person to appeal against a refusal of the appropriate officer to defer his attendance for jury service under section 9A(1) of the Juries act 1974 as inserted by section 120 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.
1974 c. 23; section 9A was inserted by section 120 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 c. 33.
S.I. 1982/1109, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Rules.
