PART 16RESTRICTIONS ON REPORTING AND PUBLIC ACCESS

Application for a reporting direction under section 46(6) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 199916.1

1

An application for a reporting direction made by a party to any criminal proceedings, in relation to a witness in those proceedings, must be made in the form set out in the Practice Direction or orally under rule 16.3.

2

If an application for a reporting direction is made in writing, the applicant shall send that application to the court officer and copies shall be sent at the same time to every other party to those proceedings.

[Note. Section 46 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999159 applies to adult witnesses the quality of whose evidence, or whose co-operation, is likely to be diminished if their identity is made public. For reporting restrictions generally, see direction I.3 in the Practice Direction.]