{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-evidence-rules-2006/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-evidence-rules-2006/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2891",
  "legislation_title": "The Standing Civilian Courts (Evidence) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-evidence-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Application for special measures direction for witness to give evidence by means of a live television link",
  "text": "(1) Where the application for a special measures direction is made, in accordance with rule 2(2)(a), for a witness to give evidence by means of a live link, the following provisions of this rule shall also apply.\n(2) A party who seeks to oppose an application for a child witness to give evidence by means of a live link must, in order to comply with rule 2(5), state why in his view the giving of a special measures direction would not be likely to maximise the quality of the witness’s evidence.\n(3) However, paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to a child witness in need of special protection.\n(4) Where a special measures direction is made enabling a witness to give evidence by means of a live link, the witness shall be accompanied at the live link only by persons acceptable to the magistrate.\n(5) If the special measures directions combine provisions for a witness to give evidence by means of a live link with provision for examination of the witness to be conducted through an intermediary, the witness shall be accompanied at the live link only by—\n(a) the intermediary; and\n(b) such other persons as may be acceptable to the magistrate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2891/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:17:01.627089+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."
}