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The Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988

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[F1Restrictions on reportingN.I.

10.(1) Except as provided by this Article—

(a)no written report of proceedings falling within paragraph (2) shall be published in Northern Ireland;

(b)no report of proceedings falling within paragraph (2) shall be included in a relevant programme for reception in Northern Ireland.

(2) The following proceedings fall within this paragraph—

(a)an application under Article 5(1);

(b)a preparatory hearing;

(c)an application for leave to appeal in relation to such a hearing;

(d)an appeal in relation to such a hearing.

(3) The judge dealing with an application under Article 5(1) may order that paragraph (1) shall not apply, or shall not apply to a specified extent, to a report of the application.

(4) The judge dealing with a preparatory hearing may order that paragraph (1) shall not apply, or shall not apply to a specified extent, to a report of—

(a)the preparatory hearing, or

(b)an application to the judge for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal under Article 8(11) in relation to the preparatory hearing.

(5) The Court of Appeal may order that paragraph (1) shall not apply, or shall not apply to a specified extent, to a report of—

(a)an appeal to the Court of Appeal under Article 8(11) in relation to a preparatory hearing,

(b)an application to that Court for leave to appeal to it under Article 8(11) in relation to a preparatory hearing, or

(c)an application to that Court for leave to appeal to the House of Lords under Part II of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 in relation to a preparatory hearing.

(6) The House of Lords may order that paragraph (1) shall not apply, or shall not apply to a specified extent, to a report of—

(a)an appeal to that House under Part II of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 in relation to a preparatory hearing, or

(b)an application to that House for leave to appeal to it under Part II of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 in relation to a preparatory hearing.

(7) Where there is only one accused and he objects to the making of an order under paragraph (3), (4), (5) or (6) the judge or the Court of Appeal or the House of Lords shall make the order if (and only if) satisfied after hearing the representations of the accused that it is in the interests of justice to do so; and if the order is made it shall not apply to the extent that a report deals with any such objection or representations.

(8) Where there are two or more accused and one or more of them objects to the making of an order under paragraph (3), (4), (5) or (6) the judge or the Court of Appeal or the House of Lords shall make the order if (and only if) satisfied after hearing the representations of each of the accused that it is in the interests of justice to do so; and if the order is made it shall not apply to the extent that a report deals with any such objection or representations.

(9) Paragraph (1) does not apply to—

(a)the publication of a report of an application under Article 5(1), or

(b)the inclusion in a relevant programme of a report of an application under Article 5(1),

where the application is successful.

(10) Where—

(a)two or more persons are jointly charged, and

(b)applications under Article 5(1) are made by more than one of them,

paragraph (9) shall have effect as if for the words “the application is” there were substituted “all the applications are”.

(11) Paragraph (1) does not apply to—

(a)the publication of a report of an unsuccessful application made under Article 5(1),

(b)the publication of a report of a preparatory hearing,

(c)the publication of a report of an appeal in relation to a preparatory hearing or of an application for leave to appeal in relation to such a hearing,

(d)the inclusion in a relevant programme of a report of an unsuccessful application made under Article 5(1),

(e)the inclusion in a relevant programme of a report of a preparatory hearing, or

(f)the inclusion in a relevant programme of a report of an appeal in relation to a preparatory hearing or of an application for leave to appeal in relation to such a hearing,

at the conclusion of the trial of the accused or of the last of the accused to be tried.

(12) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a report which contains only one or more of the following matters—

(a)the identity of the court and the name of the judge;

(b)the names, ages, home addresses and occupations of the accused and witnesses;

(c)any relevant business information;

(d)the offence or offences, or a summary of them, with which the accused is or are charged;

(e)the names of counsel and solicitors in the proceedings;

(f)where the proceedings are adjourned, the date and place to which they are adjourned;

(g)any arrangements as to bail;

(h)whether legal aid was granted to the accused or any of the accused.

(13) The addresses that may be published or included in a relevant programme under paragraph (12) are addresses—

(a)at any relevant time, and

(b)at the time of their publication or inclusion in a relevant programme;

and “relevant time” here means a time when events giving rise to the charges to which the proceedings relate occurred.

(14) The following is relevant business information for the purposes of paragraph (12)—

(a)any address used by the accused for carrying on a business on his own account;

(b)the name of any business which he was carrying on on his own account at any relevant time;

(c)the name of any firm in which he was a partner at any relevant time or by which he was engaged at any such time;

(d)the address of any such firm;

(e)the name of any company of which he was a director at any relevant time or by which he was otherwise engaged at any such time;

(f)the address of the registered or principal office of any such company;

(g)any working address of the accused in his capacity as a person engaged by any such company;

and here “engaged” means engaged under a contract of service or a contract for services, and “relevant time” has the same meaning as in paragraph (13).

(15) Nothing in this Article affects any prohibition or restriction imposed by virtue of any other enactment on a publication or on matter included in a programme.

(16) In this Article—

(a)publish”, in relation to a report, means publish the report, either by itself or as part of a newspaper or periodical, for distribution to the public;

(b)expressions cognate with “publish” shall be construed accordingly;

(c)relevant programme” means a programme included in a programme service, within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990.]

F1Arts. 10, 10A substituted (4.7.1996 with application as mentioned in Sch. 3 para. 8 of the amending Act) for art. 10 by Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25), s. 72, Sch. 3 para. 7 (as modified in its application to Northern Ireland by Sch. 4 para. 35)

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