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3A.8.—(1) The measures referred to in this Part are those which—
(a)prevent a party or witness from seeing another party or witness;
(b)allow a party or witness to participate in hearings and give evidence by live link;
(c)provide for a party or witness to use a device to help communicate;
(d)provide for a party or witness to participate in proceedings with the assistance of an intermediary;
(e)provide for a party or witness to be questioned in court with the assistance of an intermediary; or
(f)do anything else which is set out in Practice Direction 3AA.
(2) If the family court makes a direction for a measure which is not available where the court is sitting, it may direct that the court will sit at the nearest or most convenient location where the family court sits and the measure is available.
(3) If the High Court makes a direction for a measure which is not available where the court is sitting, it may direct that the court will sit at the nearest or most convenient location where the High Court sits and the measure is available.
(4) Nothing in these rules gives the court power to direct that public funding must be available to provide a measure.
(5) If a direction for a measure is considered by the court to be necessary but the measure is not available to the court, the court must set out in its order the reasons why the measure is not available.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 3A inserted (27.11.2017) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1033), rules 1, 3
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