PART 2F2UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING THE RULES; POWERS AND DUTIES OF COURT OFFICERS AND JUSTICES’ LEGAL ADVISERS
F1POWERS OF COURT OFFICERS TO TAKE STATUTORY DECLARATIONS
Rule 2.11 and cross-heading inserted (3.10.2022) by The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/815), rules 2, 4(f)
Taking of statutory declarations by court officers2.11
1
This rule applies to a statutory declaration required by―
a
rule 29.4 (Statutory declaration to avoid fine after fixed penalty notice); or
b
rule 44.2 (Statutory declaration of ignorance of proceedings).
2
A court officer may take a statutory declaration to which this rule applies if that officer is—
a
a justices’ legal adviser;
b
nominated for the purpose by a justices’ legal adviser; or
c
authorised to exercise the function to which rule 2.8(2)(m) refers (extending time for the service of a statutory declaration).
[Note. Section 2 of the Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889allows rules that regulate the procedure of a court to authorise the taking of a statutory declaration by an officer of that court.]
Pt. 2 heading substituted (2.10.2023) by The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/786), rules 1, 3(a)