Criminal Justice Act 2003

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)

71 In paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 (reporting restrictions)—

(a) in each of paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-paragraph (1), for “Great Britain” there is substituted “the United Kingdom”,

(b) in sub-paragraph (8), after paragraph (b) there is inserted—

“(bb) where the application made by the accused under paragraph 2(1) above relates to a charge for an offence in respect of which notice has been given to the court under section 51B of this Act, any relevant business information;”,

(c) after sub-paragraph (9) there is inserted—

“(9A) The following is relevant business information for the purposes of sub-paragraph (8) above—

(a) any address used by the accused for carrying on a business on his own account;

(b) the name of any business which he was carrying on on his own account at any relevant time;

(c) the name of any firm in which he was a partner at any relevant time or by which he was engaged at any such time;

(d) the address of any such firm;

(e) the name of any company of which he was a director at any relevant time or by which he was otherwise engaged at any such time;

(f) the address of the registered or principal office of any such company;

(g) any working address of the accused in his capacity as a person engaged by any such company;

and here “engaged” means engaged under a contract of service or a contract for services.”, and

(d) after sub-paragraph (11) there is inserted—

“(11A) Proceedings for an offence under this paragraph shall not, in Northern Ireland, be instituted otherwise than by or with the consent of the Attorney General for Northern Ireland.”