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9. In Part 18 (Measures to assist a witness or defendant to give evidence), in rule 18.4 (Decisions and reasons)—
(a)renumber paragraph (2) as (3),
(b)after paragraph (1) insert—
“(2) The court must—
(a)promptly determine an application; and
(b)allow a party sufficient time to comply with the requirements of—
(i)paragraph (1), and
(ii)the code of practice issued under section 32 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004(1).”; and
(c)in the note to the rule, after the first paragraph insert—
“Under section 32 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, the Secretary of State for Justice must issue a code of practice as to the services to be provided by specified persons to a victim of criminal conduct.”.
2004 c. 28; section 32 was amended by article 8 of, and paragraph 10 of the Schedule to, S.I. 2007/2128.
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