Section 77.6(3)

In this Section— “the 1996 Act” means the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996; “acquitted person” means a person whose acquittal of an offence is the subject of a certification under section 54(2) of the 1996 Act, and “acquittal” means the acquittal of that person of that offence; “magistrates’ court” has the same meaning as in section 148 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980; and “record of court proceedings” means— in the proceedings which led to the conviction for the administration of justice offence referred to in section 54(1)(b) of the 1996 Act or, as the case may be, the proceedings which led to the acquittal. where the proceedings took place in the Crown Court, a transcript of the evidence; or where the proceedings took place in a magistrates’ court, a transcript of the evidence if there is one and if not a note of the evidence made by the justices’ legal adviser,

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-08-15