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Rule 49.7 Record of television link hearing before a nominated courtI1

England and Wales

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

(1)

This rule applies where a court is nominated under section 30(3) of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003.

(2)

The magistrates’ court or Crown Court officer shall enter in an overseas record—

(a)

details of the request in respect of which the notice under section 30(3) of the 2003 Act was given;

(b)

the date on which, and place at which, the proceedings under Part 1 of Schedule 2 to that Act in respect of that request took place;

(c)

the technical conditions, such as the type of equipment used, under which the proceedings took place;

(d)

the name of the witness who gave evidence;

(e)

the name of any person who took part in the proceedings as a legal representative or an interpreter; and

(f)

the language in which the evidence was given.

(3)

As soon as practicable after the proceedings under Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2003 Act took place, the magistrates’ court or Crown Court officer shall send to the external authority that made the request a copy of an extract of so much of the overseas record as relates to the proceedings in respect of that request.

[Note. As to the keeping of an overseas record, see rule 49.9.]

Annotations

Commencement

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Rule 49.7 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble