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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B</dc:identifier><dc:title>Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision with respect to anonymity in connection with allegations of, and criminal proceedings relating to, certain sexual offences.</dc:description><dc:date>1992-03-16</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-09-17</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2024-01-31</dct:valid>
					
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ConfersPower="true"><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431-1707832894884" CommentaryRef="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431" Extent="N.I.">Rules of Court</Addition></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B" id="section-3B"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431-1707832894884" CommentaryRef="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431" Extent="N.I.">3B</Addition></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B/1" id="section-3B-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431-1707832894884" CommentaryRef="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431" Extent="N.I.">1</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431-1707832894884" CommentaryRef="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431" Extent="N.I.">Rules of Court may make such provision relating to orders under section 3A as appears to the authority making them to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of that section.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B/2" id="section-3B-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431-1707832894884" CommentaryRef="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431" Extent="N.I.">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431-1707832894884" CommentaryRef="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431" Extent="N.I.">Rules of Court may, in particular, make provision—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B/2/a" id="section-3B-2-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431-1707832894884" CommentaryRef="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431" Extent="N.I.">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431-1707832894884" CommentaryRef="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431" Extent="N.I.">for notice of applications to be given to such persons as may be prescribed by the rules;</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B/2/b" id="section-3B-2-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431-1707832894884" CommentaryRef="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431" Extent="N.I.">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431-1707832894884" CommentaryRef="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431" Extent="N.I.">for applications to be heard in private;</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B/2/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B/2/c" id="section-3B-2-c"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431-1707832894884" CommentaryRef="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431" Extent="N.I.">c</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431-1707832894884" CommentaryRef="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431" Extent="N.I.">as to the matters to be taken into consideration by a court in determining whether it is in the interests of justice, or the public interest, to make, vary or revoke an order under section 3A.</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B/3" id="section-3B-3"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431-1707832894884" CommentaryRef="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431" Extent="N.I.">3</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431-1707832894884" CommentaryRef="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431" Extent="N.I.">Nothing in subsections (1) and (2) is to be taken to affect the generality of any enactment conferring power to make Rules of Court; and no particular provision of those subsections prejudices any general provision of them.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-3d5f0518c076b7b25dac899cfda65431" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="ca6ojclv5-00006" SectionRef="section-3A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/34/section/3A">Ss. 3A</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="ca6ojclv5-00007" SectionRef="section-3B" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/34/section/3B">3B</CitationSubRef> inserted (N.I.) (28.9.2023) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2022/19" id="ca6ojclv5-00008" Class="NorthernIrelandAct" Year="2022" Number="19" Title="Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022">Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 19)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="ca6ojclv5-00008" id="ca6ojclv5-00009" SectionRef="section-9-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2022/19/section/9/3" Operative="true">ss. 9(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="ca6ojclv5-00008" id="ca6ojclv5-00010" SectionRef="section-30-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2022/19/section/30/2">30(2)</CitationSubRef>; <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2023/142" id="ca6ojclv5-00011" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="2023" Number="142" Title="The Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) (2022 Act) (Commencement No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023">S.R. 2023/142</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="ca6ojclv5-00011" id="ca6ojclv5-00012" SectionRef="article-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2023/142/article/3">art. 3</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>