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Part 28 WITNESS SUMMONSES, WARRANTS AND ORDERS

Repealed

[Note. A magistrates' court may require the attendance of a witness to give evidence or to produce in evidence a document or thing by a summons, or in some circumstances a warrant for the witness' arrest, under section 97 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980. The Crown Court may do so under sections 2, 2D, 3 and 4 of the Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965. Either court may order the production in evidence of a copy of an entry in a banker's book without the attendance of an officer of the bank, under sections 6 and 7 of the Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1879.

See Part 3 for the court's general powers to consider an application and to give directions.]

  1. 28.1When this Part applies
  2. 28.2Issue etc. of summons, warrant or order with or without a hearing
  3. 28.3Application for summons, warrant or order: general rules
  4. 28.4Written application: form and service
  5. 28.5Application for summons to produce a document, etc.: special rules
  6. 28.6Application for summons to produce a document, etc.: court's assessment of relevance and confidentiality
  7. 28.7Application to withdraw a summons, warrant or order
  8. 28.8Court's power to vary requirements under this Part

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1

Rules revoked (1.10.2012) by The Criminal Procedure Rules 2012 (S.I. 2012/1726), Preamble