Clause 35
Serious Crime Bill [Lords]
5:30 pm
Vernon Coaker (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office; Gedling, Labour)
I beg to move amendment No. 50, in clause 35, page 23, line 9, leave out subsections (4) and (5) and insert—
‘(4) The Crown Court, when exercising its jurisdiction in England and Wales under this Part, is a criminal court for the purposes of Part 7 of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) (procedure rules and practice directions).’.
I apologise to the Committee for having to amend the Bill to clarify which rules committee should make procedure rules in relation to the operation of orders in the Crown court. After further consultation within Government, we have concluded that it would more administratively convenient for the procedure rules in relation to orders made in the Crown court to be made under the provisions of the Courts Act 2003, as that is where the rules in relation to other civil orders on conviction will be made.