The Criminal Procedure Rules 2010

Interpretation

57.1.  In this Part and in Parts 58, 59, 60 and 61:

‘business day’ means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day or Good Friday, or a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(1), in England and Wales;

‘document’ means anything in which information of any description is recorded;

‘hearsay evidence’ means evidence consisting of hearsay within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Civil Evidence Act 1995(2);

‘restraint proceedings’ means proceedings under sections 42 and 58(2) and (3) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002(3);

‘receivership proceedings’ means proceedings under sections 48, 49, 50, 51, 54(4), 59(2) and (3), 62 and 63 of the 2002 Act(4);

‘witness statement’ means a written statement signed by a person which contains the evidence, and only that evidence, which that person would be allowed to give orally; and

words and expressions used have the same meaning as in Part 2 of the 2002 Act.

(1)

1971 c. 80.

(2)

1995 c. 38.

(3)

2002 c. 29; section 42 was amended by sections 74(2) and 92 of, and paragraphs 1 and 23 of Schedule 8, and Schedule 14 to, the Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27); section 58(2) is amended by section 62 of, and paragraphs 142 and 143 of Schedule 13 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), with effect from a date to be appointed.

(4)

2002 c. 29; section 49 was amended by section 82(1) of the Serious Crime Act (c. 27); section 59(2) is amended by section 62 of, and paragraphs 142 and 144 of Schedule 13 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), with effect from a date to be appointed. Section 62 was amended by section 74 of, and paragraphs 1 and 29 of Schedule 8 to, the Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27) and section 63 was amended by section 74 of, and paragraphs 1 and 30 of Schedule 8 to, the Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27).