Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996

16 Applications: opportunity to be heard.E+W+N.I.

Where—

(a)an application is made under section 3(6), 7(5), 8(5), 9(8), 14(2) or 15(4),

(b)a person claiming to have an interest in the material applies to be heard by the court, and

(c)he shows that he was involved (whether alone or with others and whether directly or indirectly) in the prosecutor’s attention being brought to the material,

the court must not make an order under section 3(6), 7(5), 8(5), 9(8), 14(3) or 15(5) (as the case may be) unless the person applying under paragraph (b) has been given an opportunity to be heard.

Extent Information

E1In its application to Northern Ireland, this section has effect subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 4; see s. 79