# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Rule 33.1: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

In this Part words and expressions used have the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and:
‘document’ means anything in which information of any description is recorded;
‘hearsay evidence’ means evidence consisting of hearsay within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Civil Evidence Act 1995;
‘restraint proceedings’ means proceedings under sections 42 and 58(2) and (3) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002;
‘receivership proceedings’ means proceedings under sections 48, 49, 50, 51, 54(4), 59(2) and (3), 62 and 63 of the 2002 Act;
‘witness statement’ means a written statement signed by a person which contains the evidence, and only that evidence, which that person would be allowed to give orally.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/33.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-33.1/enacted
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