{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-35.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/44",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003",
  "path": "section/35",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Notification of names of experts instructed by defendant",
  "text": "After section 6C of the 1996 Act (inserted by section 34 above) there is inserted—\n“Notification of names of experts instructed by accused\n6D (1) If the accused instructs a person with a view to his providing any expert opinion for possible use as evidence at the trial of the accused, he must give to the court and the prosecutor a notice specifying the person’s name and address.\n(2) A notice does not have to be given under this section specifying the name and address of a person whose name and address have already been given under section 6C.\n(3) A notice under this section must be given during the period which, by virtue of section 12, is the relevant period for this section.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/section/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:40.404644+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."
}