PART 21EVIDENCE OF BAD CHARACTER
Reasons for decisionsI121.5
The court must announce at a hearing in public (but in the absence of the jury, if there is one) the reasons for a decision—
a
to admit evidence as evidence of bad character, or to refuse to do so; or
b
to direct an acquittal or a retrial under section 107 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
[Note. See section 110 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.]