PART 27HEARINGS AND DIRECTIONS APPOINTMENTS

Impounded documents27.8.

(1)

Documents impounded by order of the court must not be released from the custody of the court except in compliance with—

(a)

a court order; or

(b)

a written request made by a Law Officer or the Director of Public Prosecutions.

(2)

A document released from the custody of the court under paragraph (1)(b) must be released into the custody of the person who requested it.

(3)

Documents impounded by order of the court, while in the custody of the court, may not be inspected except by a person authorised to do so by a court order.