Article 22 Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005I1

In the note after rule 68.20 (procedure for the admission of hearsay evidence), for the words from ““Statements”” to “of that Act”, substitute “Part 34 applies only to evidence that is admissible on one or more of the following grounds set out in the Criminal Justice Act 2003^f1, namely where (a) it is in the interests of justice for it to be admissible (see section 114(1)(d)), (b) the witness is unavailable to attend (see section 116), (c) the evidence is contained in a business, or other, document (see section 117) or (d) the evidence is multiple hearsay (see section 121).”.