Rule 23.3 Exercise of court’s powersI1
England and Wales
The court may decide whether to impose or discharge a prohibition against cross-examination under section 36 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999—
at a hearing, in public or in private, or without a hearing; and
in a party’s absence, if that party—
applied for the prohibition or discharge, or
has had at least 10 business days in which to make representations.
The court must announce, at a hearing in public before the witness gives evidence, the reasons for a decision—
to impose or discharge such a prohibition; or
to refuse to do so.
[Note. See section 37 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999f1.]
Annotations
Commencement
Footnotes
- f1
1999 c. 23; section 37 was amended by section 109 of, and paragraph 384(e) of Schedule 8 to, the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39).