(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)
This Act of Adjournal inserts a new Chapter 72 into the Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 to make provision for the application, variation and revocation of overseas production orders under the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 (c. 5), with a process to apply for information to be provided to the court and withheld from a respondent or other persons.
It also provides for parties affected by overseas production orders to seek the leave of the court to do something prohibited either by non-disclosure provisions in such orders, or by the effect of the service of notice of applications for overseas productions orders, and applications for variation (see section 7(6) of the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019).