
1 

(1) These Rules may be cited as the Justices' Clerks (Amendment) Rules 1997 and, subject to paragraph (2) below, shall come into force on 1st April 1997.
(2) Rule 4 of these Rules shall have effect in the same way as section 65 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 has effect.
2 
The Justices' Clerks Rules 1970 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Rules.
3 
In rule 4(1)—
(a) sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), and
(b) the words “, member or officer”, wherever they appear, shall be omitted.
4 
Paragraph 4A(2) of the Schedule shall be omitted.
Mackay of Clashfern ,C.
Dated 10th March 1997