# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Rule 23.3: Exercise of court’s powers

Extent: E+W

(1) 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—
(a) at a hearing, in public or in private, or without a hearing; and
(b) in a party’s absence, if that party—
(i) applied for the prohibition or discharge, or
(ii) has had at least 10 business days in which to make representations.
(2) The court must announce, at a hearing in public before the witness gives evidence, the reasons for a decision—
(a) to impose or discharge such a prohibition; or
(b) to refuse to do so.
[Note. See section 37 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/23.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-23.3
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