The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 No. 3132 (L. 17)

[F1 PART 79 E+W F2 ... PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE COUNTER-TERRORISM ACT 2008 [F3 AND PART 1 OF THE TERRORIST ASSET-FREEZING ETC. ACT 2010]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 79 inserted (4.12.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/3085), rule 1, Sch.

F2 Words in Pt. 79 heading omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2092), rules 1(2), 17

F3 Words in Pt. 79 heading inserted (17.12.2010) by Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (c. 38), s. 55(1), Sch. 1 para. 5(a)

SECTION 4 E+W GENERAL PROVISIONS [F4 APPLICABLE TO SECTIONS 2 AND 3 OF THIS PART]

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Pt. 79 Section 4 heading inserted (24.12.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.4) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/3038), rules 1(2), 3(j)

Function of a special advocate E+W

79.19.   The function of a special advocate is to represent the interests of a party other than the Treasury by, for example—

(a) making submissions to the court at any hearing from which the party and that party’s legal representative are excluded;

(b) adducing evidence and cross-examining witnesses at such a hearing;

(c) making applications to the court or seeking directions from the court where necessary; and

(d) making written submissions to the court.]