Rule 66A The open justice principleF1
(1)
Where rules 66B, 66C, 66D and 66E apply, the designated officer and the court must have regard to the importance of—
(a)
dealing with cases in public;
(b)
allowing a public hearing to be reported to the public; and
(c)
the rights of a person affected by a direction or order made, or warrant issued, by the court to understand why that decision was made.
(2)
In rules 66D and 66E this requirement is called ‘the open justice principle’.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Rules 66A-66E substituted for rules 66A, 66B (28.6.2021) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/626), rules 1(1), 2(8)