5.—(1) Except in a case where evidence is, with the consent of the accused, to be given in his absence under section 4(4)(b) of the Act of 1980 (absence caused by ill health), a magistrates' court acting as examining justices shall before admitting in evidence any written statement or taking depositions of witnesses in accordance with rule 7 explain to the accused the restrictions on reports of committal proceedings imposed by section 8 of the Act of 1980 and inform him of his right to apply to the court for an order removing those restrictions.
(2) Where a magistrates' court has made an order under section 8(2) of the Act of 1980 removing restrictions on the reports of committal proceedings, such order shall be entered in the register.
(3) Where the court adjourns any such proceedings to another day, the court shall, at the beginning of any adjourned hearing, state that the order has been made.