Crown Court (Advance Notice of Expert Evidence) (Amendment) Rules 1997
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1997/700 |
| Year | 1997 |
1997 No. 700 (L. 6)
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES
The Crown Court (Advance Notice of Expert Evidence) (Amendment) Rules 1997
Made 10th March 1997
Laid before Parliament 11th March 1997
Coming into force 1st April 1997
We, the Crown Court Rule Committee, in exercise of the powers conferred upon us by sections 84(1) and 86 of the Supreme Court Act 19811and section 81 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 19842, hereby make the following Rules:
1. These Rules may be cited as the Crown Court (Advance Notice of Expert Evidence) (Amendment) Rules 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
2. These Rules shall not have effect in relation to any proceedings which relate to an alleged offence into which a criminal investigation has begun before 1st April 1997.
3.—(1) The Crown Court (Advance Notice of Expert Evidence) Rules 19873shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) below.
(2) For rule 3(1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:
“1 Following—
(a) the committal for trial of any person;
(b) the transfer to the Crown Court of any proceedings for the trial of a person by virtue of a notice of transfer given under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 19874;
(c) the transfer to the Crown Court of any proceedings for the trial of a person by virtue of a notice of transfer served on a magistrates' court under section 53 of the Criminal Justice Act 19915;
(d) the preferment of a bill of indictment charging a person with an offence under the authority of section 2(2)(b) of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 19336; or
(e) the making of an order for the retrial of any person,
if any party to the proceedings proposes to adduce expert evidence (whether of fact or opinion) in the proceedings (otherwise than in relation to sentence) he shall as soon as practicable, unless in relation to the evidence in question he has already done so—
(i) furnish the other party or parties with a statement in writing of any finding or opinion which he proposes to adduce by way of such evidence; and
(ii) where a request in writing is made to him in that behalf by any other party, provide that party also with a copy of (or if it appears to the party proposing to adduce the...
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