The Criminal Procedure Rules 2015

Respondent’s notice

27.5.—(1) A defendant on whom a prosecutor serves an application may serve a respondent’s notice, and must do so if the defendant wants to make representations to the court.

(2) Such a defendant must serve the respondent’s notice on—

(a) the Registrar; and

(b) the prosecutor,

not more than 28 days after service of the application.

(3) The respondent’s notice must—

(a) give the date on which the respondent was served with the prosecutor’s application;

(b) summarise any relevant facts not contained in that application;

(c) explain the defendant’s grounds for opposing that application;

(d) include or attach any application for the following, with reasons—

(i) an extension of time within which to serve the respondent’s notice,

(ii) bail pending the hearing of the prosecutor’s application, if the defendant is in custody,

(iii) a direction to attend in person any hearing that the defendant could attend by live link, if the defendant is in custody,

(iv) an order under section 80(6) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Procedure and evidence) for the production of any document, exhibit or other thing which in the defendant’s opinion is necessary for the determination of the prosecutor’s application,

(v) an order under that section for the attendance before the court of any witness who would be a compellable witness at the trial the prosecutor wants the court to order; and

(e) attach or identify any other document or thing that the defendant thinks the court will need to decide the application.