Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999
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25 Evidence given in private.
(1) A special measures direction may provide for the exclusion from the court, during the giving of the witness’s evidence, of persons of any description specified in the direction. (2) The persons who may be so excluded do not include— (a) the accused, (b) legal representatives acting in the proceedings, or (c) any interpreter or other person appointed (in pursuance of the direction or otherwise) to assist the witness. (3) A special measures direction providing for representatives of news gathering or reporting organisations to be so excluded shall be expressed not to apply to one named person who— (a) is a representative of such an organisation, and (b) has been nominated for the purpose by one or more such organisations, unless it appears to the court that no such nomination has been made. (4) A special measures direction may only provide for the exclusion of persons under this section where— (a) the proceedings relate to a sexual offence or an offence under section 1 or 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 an offence listed in section 17(4A); or (b) it appears to the court that there are reasonable grounds for believing that any person other than the accused has sought, or will seek, to intimidate the witness in connection with testifying in the proceedings. (5) Any proceedings from which persons are excluded under this section (whether or not those persons include representatives of news gathering or reporting organisations) shall nevertheless be taken to be held in public for the purposes of any privilege or exemption from liability available in respect of fair, accurate and contemporaneous reports of legal proceedings held in public.
25 Evidence given in private.
(1) A special measures direction may provide for the exclusion from the court, during the giving of the witness’s evidence, of persons of any description specified in the direction. (2) The persons who may be so excluded do not include— (a) the accused, (b) legal representatives acting in the proceedings, or (c) any interpreter or other person appointed (in pursuance of the direction or otherwise) to assist the witness. (3) A special measures direction providing for representatives of news gathering or reporting organisations to be so excluded shall be expressed not to apply to one named person who— (a) is a representative of such an organisation, and (b) has been nominated for the purpose by one or more such organisations, unless it appears to the court that no such nomination has been made. (4) A special measures direction may only provide for the exclusion of persons under this section where— (a) the proceedings relate to a sexual offence or an offence under section 1 or 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 an offence listed in section 17(4A); or (b) it appears to the court that there are reasonable grounds for believing that any person other than the accused has sought, or will seek, to intimidate the witness in connection with testifying in the proceedings. (5) Any proceedings from which persons are excluded under this section (whether or not those persons include representatives of news gathering or reporting organisations) shall nevertheless be taken to be held in public for the purposes of any privilege or exemption from liability available in respect of fair, accurate and contemporaneous reports of legal proceedings held in public.
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