{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/part-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/part-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025",
  "path": "part/18",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "MEASURES TO HELP A WITNESS OR DEFENDANT TO GIVE EVIDENCE OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nGeneral rules\nWhen this Part applies\nrule 18.1\nMeaning of ‘witness’\nrule 18.2\nMeaning of ‘intermediary’ and ‘intermediary’s report’\nrule 18.3\nMaking an application for a direction or order\nrule 18.4\nDecisions and reasons\nrule 18.5\nCourt’s power to vary requirements under this Part\nrule 18.6\nCustody of documents\nrule 18.7\nSpecial measures directions\nExercise of court’s powers\nrule 18.8\nSpecial measures direction without application\nrule 18.9\nContent of application for a special measures direction\nrule 18.10\nApplication to vary or discharge a special measures direction\nrule 18.11\nApplication containing information withheld from another party\nrule 18.12\nRepresentations in response\nrule 18.13\nWitness anonymity orders\nExercise of court’s powers\nrule 18.14\nContent and conduct of application for a witness anonymity order\nrule 18.15\nDuty of court officer to notify the Director of Public Prosecutions\nrule 18.16\nApplication to vary or discharge a witness anonymity order\nrule 18.17\nRepresentations in response\nrule 18.18\nIntermediary for a defendant\nAppointment of intermediary to facilitate a defendant’s participation\nrule 18.19\nApplication to vary or discharge the appointment of an intermediary for a defendant\nrule 18.20\nRepresentations in response to application or proposal\nrule 18.21\nDuties of intermediaries\nIntermediary’s duty to the court\nrule 18.22\nDeclaration by intermediary\nrule 18.23\nContent of intermediary’s report\nrule 18.24",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/part/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:12:44.140935+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."
}