12.—(1) This Article applies where—
(a)a magistrates' court is minded to give a direction under Article 10 for evidence to be given through a live link in proceedings before the court; and
(b)suitable facilities for receiving such evidence are not available at any court-house in which the court can (apart from paragraph (2)) lawfully sit.
(2) The court may sit for the purposes of the whole or any part of the proceedings at any place at which such facilities are available and which has been appointed for the purposes of this Article by the Secretary of State.