3 Power to call witness for cross-examination on hearsay statement.E+W
Rules of court may provide that where a party to civil proceedings adduces hearsay evidence of a statement made by a person and does not call that person as a witness, any other party to the proceedings may, with the leave of the court, call that person as a witness and cross-examine him on the statement as if he had been called by the first-mentioned party and as if the hearsay statement were his evidence in chief.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 3 applied (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 46(2), 458(1); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2(1), Sch. (subject to arts. 3-14 (as amended (6.3.2003) by S.I. 2003/531, arts. 3, 4))
C2S. 3 applied (31.12.2005) by S.I. 2005/3180, art. 10(2)
C3S. 3 applied (1.1.2006) by S.I. 2005/3181, art. 13(2)(5)
C4S. 3 applied (prosp.) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), s. 47Q(2) (as inserted by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c.26), ss. 55(2), 116(1))