{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-civilian-court-rules-2009/article-79",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-civilian-court-rules-2009/article-79.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1209",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Civilian Court) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-civilian-court-rules-2009",
  "path": "article/79",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "79",
  "heading": "Evidence given in private",
  "text": "A special measures direction may not provide for the exclusion of persons under section 25 of the 1999 Act unless—\n(a) the proceedings relate to—\n(i) a sexual offence,\n(ii) a modern slavery offence, or\n(iii) any other offence where it is alleged that the behaviour of the defendant amounted to domestic abuse; or\n(b) it appears to the court that there are reasonable grounds for believing that any person other than a defendant has sought, or will seek, to intimidate the witness in connection with testifying in the proceedings.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 79(a) substituted (4.7.2022) by The Armed Forces (Service Court Rules) (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/605), rules 1(2), 21"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1209/article/79",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:14.934896+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}