Part 5U.K.Miscellaneous and general

[F1Live linksU.K.

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 206A-206C inserted (25.1.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 78, 116; S.I. 2009/3096, art. 3(u)

206AUse of live links at F2... hearingsU.K.

(1)This section applies in relation to—

(a)a hearing before the appropriate judge in proceedings under Part 1, F3..., and

(b)a hearing before the appropriate judge in proceedings under Part 2 F4....

(2)If satisfied that [F5it is in the interests of justice to do so,] the appropriate judge may give a live link direction F6....

[F7(3)A live link direction is a direction requiring a person to take part in the hearing (in whatever capacity) through a live link.]

(4)Such a direction—

(a)may be given on the appropriate judge's own motion or on the application of a party to the proceedings, and

(b)may be given in relation to all subsequent hearings to which this section applies, or to such hearing or hearings to which this section applies as may be specified or described in the direction.

F8(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F9(6)A person who takes part in the hearing through a live link is to be treated as present in court for the purposes of the hearing.]]

Textual Amendments