PART 18E+W[F1Measures to help a witness or defendant to give evidence or otherwise participate]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

GENERAL RULESE+W

[F2Meaning of ‘intermediary’ and ‘intermediary’s report’E+W

18.3.  In this Part

(a)‘intermediary’ means a person who is—

(i)approved by the court for the purposes of section 29 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Examination of witness through intermediary),

(ii)approved by the court for the purposes of section 33BA of the 1999 Act (Examination of accused through intermediary),

(iii)asked to assess a defendant’s communication needs, or

(iv)appointed by the court to facilitate a defendant’s effective participation in the trial, when the defendant gives evidence or at any other time, where otherwise that defendant’s communication needs would impede such participation; and

(b)a reference to ‘an intermediary’s report’ means a report by such a person which complies with [F3rule 18.28].]

Textual Amendments

F2Original rule 18.3 renumbered as rule 18.4 and new rule 18.3 inserted (5.4.2021) by The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/40), rules 2(b), 9(e)(f)