Article 21 SupplementaryI1

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

(1)

An application for a disclosure order may be made ex parte to a judge in chambers.

(2)

An application to discharge or vary a disclosure order may be made to the Crown Court by—

(a)

the person who applied for the order,

(b)

any person affected by the order.

(3)

The Crown Court—

(a)

may discharge the order,

(b)

may vary the order.

(4)

If an appropriate officer applies for a disclosure order, an application to discharge or vary the order need not be by the same appropriate officer.

(5)

References to a person who applied for a disclosure order must be construed accordingly.

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