{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-rules-northern-ireland-1979/rule-44CA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-rules-northern-ireland-1979/rule-44CA.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1979/90",
  "legislation_title": "The Crown Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-rules-northern-ireland-1979",
  "path": "rule/44CA",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "44CA",
  "heading": "[ Late Applications",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of rule [44B]—\n(a) an application may be made for a special measures direction orally at the trial; or\n(b) the Court may of its own motion raise the issue whether a special measures direction should be given.\n(2) Where an application is made in accordance with paragraph (1)(a)—\n(a) the applicant must state the reasons for the late application; and\n(b) the Court must be satisfied that the applicant was unable to make the application in accordance with rule [44B].\n(3) The Court shall determine before making a special measures direction—\n(a) whether to allow other parties to the proceedings to make representations on the question;\n(b) the time allowed for making such representations (if any); and\n(c) whether the question should be determined following a hearing at which the parties to the proceedings may be heard.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Substituted by S.R. 2003 No. 471 with effect from 01.12.03"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Substituted by S.R. 2003 No. 471 with effect from 01.12.03"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Rule 44CA inserted by S.R. 2003 No. 279 with effect from 30.06.03"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1979/90/rule/44CA",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:01:57.370490+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."
}