# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Rule 6.2: Exercise of court’s powers to which this Part applies

Extent: E+W

(1) When exercising a power to which this Part applies, as well as furthering the overriding objective, in accordance with rule 1.3, the court must have regard to the importance of—
(a) dealing with criminal cases in public; and
(b) allowing a public hearing to be reported to the public.
(2) The court may determine an application or appeal under this Part—
(a) at a hearing, in public or in private; or
(b) without a hearing.
(3) But the court must not exercise a power to which this Part applies unless each party and any other person directly affected, including any reporter notified by means of such arrangements as the Lord Chancellor directs—
(a) is present; or
(b) has had an opportunity—
(i) to attend, or
(ii) to make representations.
[Note. See also section 121 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 and rule 24.2 (general rules about trial and sentence in a magistrates’ court).
See rule 6.3 (Court’s power to vary requirements under this Part).]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/6.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-6.2
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