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Rule 49.4 Persons entitled to appear and take part in proceedings before a nominated court, and exclusion of the publicI1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

A court nominated under section 15(1) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (nominating a court to receive evidence) may—

(a)

determine who may appear or take part in the proceedings under Schedule 1 to the 2003 Act before the court and whether a party to the proceedings is entitled to be legally represented; and

(b)

direct that the public be excluded from those proceedings if it thinks it necessary to do so in the interests of justice.

Annotations

Commencement

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Rule 49.4 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble