# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Rule 3.39: Representations in response Extent: E+W (1) This rule applies where a party wants to make representations about an application for a live link direction or for the variation or rescission of such a direction. (2) Such a party must— (a) serve the representations on— (i) the court officer, and (ii) each other party; (b) do so not more than 10 business days after service of the application; and (c) ask for a hearing, if that party wants one, and explain why it is needed. (3) Representations must explain why it is not in the interests of justice for the direction to be given, varied or rescinded, as the case may be. Other provisions affecting case management Case management may be affected by the following other rules and legislation: Criminal Procedure Rules Part 8 Initial details of the prosecution case Part 9 Allocation and sending for trial Part 10 The indictment Part 15 Disclosure Parts 16 – 23: the rules that deal with evidence Part 24 Trial and sentence in a magistrates’ court Part 25 Trial and sentence in the Crown Court Regulations The Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) Regulations 1987 The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Service of Prosecution Evidence) Regulations 2005 The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Defence Disclosure Time Limits) Regulations 2011 Acts of Parliament Sections 10 and 18, Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980: powers to adjourn hearings Sections 128 and 129, Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980: remand in custody by magistrates’ courts Sections 19 and 24A, Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 and sections 51 and 51A, Crime and Disorder Act 1998: allocation and sending for trial Section 2, Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933: procedural conditions for trial in the Crown Court Sections 8A and 8B, Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980: pre-trial hearings in magistrates’ courts Section 7, Criminal Justice Act 1987; Parts III and IV, Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996: pre-trial and preparatory hearings in the Crown Court Section 9, Criminal Justice Act 1967: proof by written witness statement Part 1, Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996: disclosure.] --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/3.39 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-3.39/enacted Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.