{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-crown-court-recording-order-2016/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-crown-court-recording-order-2016/note.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111145661",
  "legislation_title": "The Crown Court (Recording) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-crown-court-recording-order-2016",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order makes provision for the recording of sentencing remarks in Crown Court cases. Where the conditions specified in articles 5 to 7 are satisfied, section 41 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 (c. 86) and section 9 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 (c. 49) do not have effect. Section 41 makes it an offence to film in court. Section 9 provides that it is a contempt of court to record sound in court except with the permission of the court.\nThe Order limits the permissible recording of Crown Court cases to testing the recording on a not for broadcast basis of certain specified judges’ sentencing remarks at specified locations of the Crown Court.\nA full impact assessment of the effect this Order will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available at http://legislation.gov.uk.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111145661/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:08:21.248503+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."
}