Article 3 Hearsay notices
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a party who desires to give hearsay evidence at the hearing must, not less than 21 days before the date fixed for the hearing, serve a hearsay notice on every other party and file a copy in the court by serving it on the justices' clerk.
Subject to paragraph (3), the court or the justices' clerk may make a direction substituting a different period of time for the service of the hearsay notice under paragraph (1) on the application of a party to the proceedings.
The court may make a direction under paragraph (2) of its own motion.
A hearsay notice must–
state that it is a hearsay notice;
identify the proceedings in which the hearsay evidence is to be given;
state that the party proposes to adduce hearsay evidence;
identify the hearsay evidence;
identify the person who made the statement which is to be given in evidence; and
state why that person will not be called to give oral evidence.
A single hearsay notice may deal with the hearsay evidence of more than one witness.