C1Part I Disclosure
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
The main provisions
6 Voluntary disclosure by accused.
1
This section applies where—
a
this Part applies by virtue of section 1(1), and
b
the prosecutor complies with section 3 or purports to comply with it.
2
The accused—
a
may give a defence statement to the prosecutor, and
b
if he does so, must also give such a statement to the court.
3
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4
If the accused gives a defence statement under this section he must give it during the period which, by virtue of section 12, is the relevant period for this section.
Pt I: Power to modify conferred (27.7.1999 for specified purposes and otherwise (4.9.2000) by 1999 c. 23, s. 38(7)(a) (with s. 63(2), Sch. 7 paras. 3(3), 4, 5(2)); S.I. 2000/2091, art. 2(c)
Pt. I: Power to modify conferred (1.12.2003) by S.I. 1999/2789 (N.I. 8), art. 26(7); S.R. 2003/476, art. 4(a)