{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-special-measures-directions-and-directions-prohibiting-cross-examination-rules-2002/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-special-measures-directions-and-directions-prohibiting-cross-examination-rules-2002/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1688",
  "legislation_title": "The Crown Court (Special Measures Directions and Directions Prohibiting Cross-examination) Rules 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-special-measures-directions-and-directions-prohibiting-cross-examination-rules-2002",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Crown Court (Special Measures Directions and Directions Prohibiting Cross-examination) Rules 2002 and shall come into force on 24th July 2002.\n(2) In these Rules—\n“the Act” means the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999;\n“the Rules” means the Crown Court Rules 1982.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I.1982/1109; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1992/1847 and 2000/2093 (L. 17)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/185",
      "affecting_title": "The Crown Court (Special Measures Directions and Directions Prohibiting Cross-examination)(Amendment) Rules 2004"
    },
    {
      "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/2002/1688/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:53:51.208368+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."
}