# The Magistrates' Courts (Hearsay Evidence in Civil Proceedings) Rules 1999, Article 3: Hearsay notices


(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) The court may make a direction under paragraph (2) of its own motion.
(4) A hearsay notice must–
(a) state that it is a hearsay notice;
(b) identify the proceedings in which the hearsay evidence is to be given;
(c) state that the party proposes to adduce hearsay evidence;
(d) identify the hearsay evidence;
(e) identify the person who made the statement which is to be given in evidence; and
(f) state why that person will not be called to give oral evidence.
(5) A single hearsay notice may deal with the hearsay evidence of more than one witness.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/681/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-hearsay-evidence-in-civil-proceedings-rules-1999/article-3
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