F151C Summons no longer needed.U.K.
(1)If—
(a)a document or thing is produced in pursuance of a requirement imposed by a witness summons under section 51B,
(b)the person applying for the summons concludes that a requirement imposed by the summons under section 51A(2) is no longer needed, and
(c)he accordingly applies to the Crown Court for a direction that the summons shall be of no further effect,
the court may direct accordingly.
(2)An application under this section must be made in accordance with Crown Court rules; and different provision may be made for different cases or descriptions of case.
(3)Crown Court rules may, in such cases as the rules may specify, require the effect of a direction under this section to be notified to the person to whom the summons is directed.
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 51A-51H inserted (4.7.1996) by virtue of 1996 c. 25, s. 79(4), Sch. 4 paras. 1, 28 (by virtue of which provisions the 1996 Act has effect, subject to the modification that in its application to N.I. for s. 66(1)(4) of that Act there is substituted s. 66(1)(4) as set out in Sch. 4 para. 28 of the 1996 Act) (with s. 78(1))