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Rule 8.4 Use of initial detailsI1

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)

the prosecutor wants to introduce information contained in a document listed in rule 8.3; and

(b)

the prosecutor has not—

(i)

served that document on the defendant, or

(ii)

made that information available to the defendant.

(2)

The court must not allow the prosecutor to introduce that information unless the court first allows the defendant sufficient time to consider it.

Annotations

Commencement

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Rule 8.4 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble