# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Rule 15.9: Court’s power to vary requirements under this Part

Extent: E+W

The court may—
(a) shorten or extend (even after it has expired) a time limit set by this Part;
(b) 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;
(c) 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;
(d) 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
(e) specify the period within which—
(i) any application under this Part must be made, or
(ii) any material must be disclosed, on an application to which rule 15.5 applies (Defendant’s application for prosecution disclosure).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/15.9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-15.9
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