Amendments to Court Martial rules

13.  For rule 95(5)(a) (video recorded evidence in chief) substitute—

“(a) the witness must be called by the party tendering it in evidence, unless –

(i) a special measures direction provides for the witness’s evidence on cross-examination to be given in any recording admissible under section 28 of the 1999 Act (video recorded cross-examination or re-examination), or

(ii) the parties to the proceedings have agreed that there is no need for the witness to be called; and”.