{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-disclosure-rules-1997/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-disclosure-rules-1997/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/698",
  "legislation_title": "The Crown Court (Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996) (Disclosure) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-disclosure-rules-1997",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Public interest: non-disclosure order",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies to an order under section 3(6), 7(5), 8(5) or 9(8).\n(2) On making an order to which this rule applies, the court shall state its reasons for doing so and a record shall be made of that statement.\n(3) In a case where such an order is made following—\n(a) an application which has been made under rule 2(2) as it has effect in accordance with rule 2(3), or\n(b) an application which has been made in accordance with rule 2(2) but the accused has not appeared or been represented at the hearing of that application,\nthe appropriate officer of the Crown Court shall notify the accused that an order has been made:\nProvided that no notification shall be given under this paragraph in a case where an order is made following an application which has been made under rule 2(2) as it has effect in accordance with rule 2(4).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/384",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2005 (revoked)"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/698/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:22:16.937137+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}