# The Criminal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2013, Rule 5: Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2013


In rule 5.8 (Supply to the public, including reporters, of information about a case)—
(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) This rule—
(a) applies where a member of the public, including a reporter, wants information about a case from the court officer;
(b) requires the court officer to publish information about cases due to be heard.”;
(b) in paragraph (2), for ‘Such a person must’ substitute ‘A person who wants information about a case from the court officer must’; and
(c) after paragraph (8), insert—
“(9) The court officer must publish the information listed in paragraph (11) if—
(a) the information is available to the court officer;
(b) the hearing to which the information relates is due to take place in public; and
(c) the publication of the information is not prohibited by a reporting restriction.
(10) The court officer must publish that information—
(a) by notice displayed somewhere prominent in the vicinity of the court room in which the hearing is due to take place;
(b) by such other arrangements as the Lord Chancellor directs, including arrangements for publication by electronic means; and
(c) for no longer than 2 business days.
(11) The information that paragraph (9) requires the court officer to publish is—
(a) the date, time and place of the hearing;
(b) the identity of the defendant; and
(c) such other information as it may be practicable to publish concerning—
(i) the type of hearing,
(ii) the identity of the court,
(iii) the offence or offences alleged, and
(iv) whether any reporting restriction applies.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/3183/rule/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-amendment-no-2-rules-2013/rule-5
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