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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/remote-observation-and-recording-courts-and-tribunals-regulations-2022/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/705",
  "legislation_title": "The Remote Observation and Recording (Courts and Tribunals) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/remote-observation-and-recording-courts-and-tribunals-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Matters that the court must take into account",
  "text": "Before deciding whether, and on what terms, to make a direction under section 85A(2), the court must take into account—\n(a) the need for the administration of justice to be, as far as possible, open and transparent;\n(b) the timing of any request or application to the court or tribunal to make a direction, and its impact on the business of the court or tribunal;\n(c) the extent to which the technical, human and other resources necessary to facilitate effective remote observation are or can be made available;\n(d) any limitation imposed by or under any enactment on the persons who are entitled to be present at the proceedings;\n(e) any issues which might arise if persons who are outside the United Kingdom are among those watching or listening to the transmission;\n(f) any impact which the making or withholding of such a direction, or the terms of the direction, might have upon—\n(i) the content or quality of the evidence to be put before the court or tribunal;\n(ii) public understanding of the law and the administration of justice;\n(iii) the ability of the public, including the media, to observe and scrutinise the proceedings;\n(iv) the safety and right to privacy of any person involved with the proceedings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/705/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:58:27.285160+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."
}