The Criminal Procedure Rules 2014

Exercise of court’s powers

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29.8.  The court may decide whether to give, vary or discharge a special measures direction—

(a)at a hearing, in public or in private, or without a hearing;

(b)in a party’s absence, if that party—

(i)applied for the direction, variation or discharge, or

(ii)has had at least 14 days in which to make representations.