{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-18.11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-18.11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025",
  "path": "rule/18.11",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "18.11",
  "heading": "Application to vary or discharge a special measures direction",
  "text": "(1) A party who wants the court to vary or discharge a special measures direction must—\n(a) apply in writing, as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming aware of the grounds for doing so; and\n(b) serve the application on—\n(i) the court officer, and\n(ii) each other party.\n(2) The applicant must—\n(a) explain what material circumstances have changed since the direction was given (or last varied, if applicable);\n(b) explain why the direction should be varied or discharged; and\n(c) ask for a hearing, if the applicant wants one, and explain why it is needed.\n[Note. Under section 20 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, the court can vary or discharge a special measures direction—\n(a) on application, if there has been a material change of circumstances; or\n(b) on the court’s own initiative.]",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 18.11 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/721",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/721",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/18.11",
    "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."
}