{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996/schedule-3/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/25",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following section shall be inserted after section 9—\n“ Orders before preparatory hearing.\n9A (1) Subsection (2) below applies where—\n(a) a judge orders a preparatory hearing, and\n(b) he decides that any order which could be made under section 9(4) or (5) above at the hearing should be made before the hearing.\n(2) In such a case—\n(a) he may make any such order before the hearing (or at the hearing), and\n(b) subsections (4) to (10) of section 9 above shall apply accordingly.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/25/schedule/3/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:07.183739+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."
}