9. In Part 18 (measures to assist a witness or defendant to give evidence)—
(a)in rule 18.24 (content of application for a live link direction)—
(i)omit paragraphs (2) and (3),
(ii)paragraph (1) becomes the text of the rule, and
(iii)for the first paragraph of the note to the rule substitute—
“[Note. See section 32 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and section 51 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003(1).”;
(b)in rule 18.25 (application to discharge a live link direction, etc.)—
(i)in the title to the rule omit “etc.”,
(ii)omit paragraphs (3) and (4),
(iii)for the note to the rule substitute—
“[Note. See section 32(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988(2) and section 52(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003(3).]”;
(c)amend the table of contents correspondingly; and
(d)in the note at the end of the Part, omit the third and fourth paragraphs after the heading “Live link direction” (which paragraphs concern the Criminal Justice (European Investigation Order) Regulations 2017).
1988 c. 33; section 32(4) was amended by article 3 of, and paragraphs 24 and 26 of the Schedule to S.I. 2004/2035.