The Criminal Procedure Rules 2011 No. 1709 (L. 15)

PART 15 PREPARATORY HEARINGS IN THE CROWN COURT

Exercise of court’s powers

15.2.  The court may decide whether to order a preparatory hearing—

(a) on an application or on its own initiative;

(b) at a hearing, in public or in private, or without a hearing;

(c) in a party’s absence, if that party—

(i) applied for the order, or

(ii) has had at least 14 days in which to make representations.