Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965
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SCHEDULE 1
Procedure 1 Any application under section 2(2) of this Act for a direction in respect of a witness summons shall be made in accordance with Crown Court rules or rules of court . . . 2 Provision shall be made by Crown Court rules or rules of court . . . (a) for requiring the service of notice of any such application on the person at whose instance the witness summons was issued; (b) for enabling any such application to the High Court to be heard and determined by a judge of that Court in chambers; (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costs 3 Where on any such application a direction is given that a witness summons shall be of no effect, the person at whose instance the summons was issued may be ordered to pay the whole or any part of the costs of the application. 4 Any costs payable under such an order shall be taxed by the proper officer of the court, and payment of those costs shall be enforceable in the same manner as an order for payment of costs made by the High Court in a civil case or as a sum adjudged summarily to be paid as a civil debt.
SCHEDULE 1
Procedure 1 Any application under section 2(2) of this Act for a direction in respect of a witness summons shall be made in accordance with Crown Court rules or rules of court . . . 2 Provision shall be made by Crown Court rules or rules of court . . . (a) for requiring the service of notice of any such application on the person at whose instance the witness summons was issued; (b) for enabling any such application to the High Court to be heard and determined by a judge of that Court in chambers; (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costs 3 Where on any such application a direction is given that a witness summons shall be of no effect, the person at whose instance the summons was issued may be ordered to pay the whole or any part of the costs of the application. 4 Any costs payable under such an order shall be taxed by the proper officer of the court, and payment of those costs shall be enforceable in the same manner as an order for payment of costs made by the High Court in a civil case or as a sum adjudged summarily to be paid as a civil debt.
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