{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996/section-6D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996/section-6D.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": "section/6D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6D",
  "heading": "Notification of names of experts instructed by accused",
  "text": "(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": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 6D inserted (prosp.) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 35, 336"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. I power to apply (with modifications) conferred by SI 2015/1490 rule 23.2 Note (as inserted (2.4.2018) by The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2018 (S.I. 2018/132), rules 1, 11(a)(v))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2003/44",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/25/section/6D",
    "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."
}