Rule 15.9 Court’s power to vary requirements under this PartI1

shorten or extend (even after it has expired) a time limit set by this Part;

extend (before it expires) a time limit to which rule 15.4 (Defence disclosure) refers, under regulation 3 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Defence Disclosure Time Limits) Regulations 2011^f1;

allow a defence statement, or a defence witness notice, to be in a different written form to one issued under the Practice Direction, as long as it contains what the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 requires;

allow an application under this Part to be in a different form to one issued under the Practice Direction, or to be presented orally; and

specify the period within which—