The Criminal Procedure Rules 2014 No. 1610 (L. 26)

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

SECTION 1: UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING THIS PART

Meaning of ‘witness’

29.2.  In this Part, ‘witness’ means anyone (other than a defendant) for whose benefit an application, direction or order is made.

[Note. At the end of this Part is a summary of the circumstances in which a witness or defendant may be eligible for the assistance of one of the measures to which this Part applies.]