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10 Nothing contained in these rules shall preclude the court from conducting other informal pre-trial conferences in addition to the mandatory conference provided for in subsection 553.1(2), on such terms as the judge sees fit.
11 These Rules come into force on the day section 553.1 of the Criminal Code as enacted by section 127 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1985, S.C. 1985, c. 19, comes into force.
