Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules
8. In Part 18 (Measures to help a witness or defendant to give evidence or otherwise participate)—
(a)in rule 18.1 (When this Part applies)—
(i)omit paragraph (c), and
(ii)renumber paragraphs (d) to (f) as (c) to (e) respectively;
(b)in rule 18.3 (Meaning of ‘intermediary’ and ‘intermediary’s report’), in paragraph (a)—
(i)omit sub-paragraph (ii), and
(ii)renumber sub-paragraphs (iii) and (iv) as (ii) and (iii) respectively;
(c)in rule 18.8 (Special measures directions; Exercise of court’s powers), in paragraph (2)—
(i)at the end of sub-paragraph (b) omit “and”, and
(ii)after sub-paragraph (c) insert—
“(d)the date by which any application must be made to exclude as evidence any part of the recording; and
(e)the date by which any editing of the recording must be completed.”;
(d)omit—
(i)the cross-heading “Defendant’s evidence direction” after rule 18.13 (Special measures directions; Representations in response), and
(ii)rules 18.14 (Defendant’s evidence directions; Exercise of court’s powers) to 18.17 (Defendant’s evidence directions; Representations in response) inclusive; and
(e)amend the table of contents correspondingly.