The Criminal Procedure Rules 2013 No. 1554 (L. 16)

PART 29 MEASURES TO ASSIST A WITNESS OR DEFENDANT TO GIVE EVIDENCE

SECTION 3: SPECIAL MEASURES DIRECTIONS

Exercise of court’s powers

29.8.  The court may decide whether to give, vary or discharge a special measures direction—

(a) at a hearing, in public or in private, or without a hearing;

(b) in a party’s absence, if that party—

(i) applied for the direction, variation or discharge, or

(ii) has had at least 14 days in which to make representations.