36.6. If the court allows an application under rule 36.2 then—
(a)a party may apply not more than 14 days later for a special measures direction or for the variation of an existing special measures direction; and
(b)the court may shorten the time for opposing that application.
[Note. Special measures to improve the quality of evidence given by certain witnesses may be directed by the court under section 19 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 and varied under section 20(1). An application for a special measures direction may be made by a party under Part 29 or the court may make a direction on its own initiative. Rule 29.13(2) sets the usual time limit (14 days) for opposing a special measures application.]
1999 c. 23; section 20(6) was amended by paragraph 384(a) of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39).