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  "long_title": "These Rules make provision for a range of measures designed to help young, disabled, vulnerable or intimidated witnesses give evidence in proceedings before the Summary Appeal Court so as to give effect to Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25th October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 57-73), articles 18 and 21. These measures are contained in Part 2 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23) (“the 1999 Act”), certain provisions of which are applied with modifications to, or modified in their effect for the purposes of, proceedings before service courts by the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Application to Service Courts) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2083), as amended by the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Application to Service courts) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1805).",
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