{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/part-18/enacted",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/part-18/enacted.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/enacted",
  "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 appliesrule 18.1\nMeaning of ‘witness’rule 18.2\nMeaning of ‘intermediary’ and ‘intermediary’s report’rule 18.3\nMaking an application for a direction or orderrule 18.4\nDecisions and reasonsrule 18.5\nCourt’s power to vary requirements under this Partrule 18.6\nCustody of documentsrule 18.7\nSpecial measures directions\nExercise of court’s powersrule 18.8\nSpecial measures direction without applicationrule 18.9\nContent of application for a special measures directionrule 18.10\nApplication to vary or discharge a special measures directionrule 18.11\nApplication containing information withheld from another partyrule 18.12\nRepresentations in responserule 18.13\nWitness anonymity orders\nExercise of court’s powersrule 18.14\nContent and conduct of application for a witness anonymity orderrule 18.15\nDuty of court officer to notify the Director of Public Prosecutionsrule 18.16\nApplication to vary or discharge a witness anonymity orderrule 18.17\nRepresentations in responserule 18.18\nIntermediary for a defendant\nAppointment of intermediary to facilitate a defendant’s participationrule 18.19\nApplication to vary or discharge the appointment of an intermediary for a defendantrule 18.20\nRepresentations in response to application or proposalrule 18.21\nDuties of intermediaries\nIntermediary’s duty to the courtrule 18.22\nDeclaration by intermediaryrule 18.23\nContent of intermediary’s reportrule 18.24",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "enacted",
  "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."
}