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Rule 55 Use of witness statements for other purposes

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

(1)

Except as provided by this rule, a witness statement served in proceedings under Part 2 of the Act may be used only for the purpose of the proceedings in which it is served.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply if and to the extent that—

(a)

the witness gives consent in writing to some other use of it;

(b)

the Crown Court gives permission for some other use; or

(c)

the witness statement has been put in evidence at a hearing held in public.