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(1)No witness anonymity order may be made under this Act after the relevant date.
(2)Subject to subsection (3), the relevant date is 31 December 2009.
(3)The Secretary of State may by order provide for the relevant date to be a date specified in the order that falls not more than 12 months after—
(a)31 December 2009, or
(b)(if an order has already been made under this subsection) the date specified in the last order.
(4)Nothing in this section affects—
(a)the continuation in effect of a witness anonymity order made before the relevant date, or
(b)the power to discharge or vary such an order under section 6.
(5)An order under subsection (3)—
(a)is to be made by statutory instrument; and
(b)may not be made unless a draft of the instrument containing the order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
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