Part 6

Financial restrictions proceedings
Chapter 2

Financial restrictions proceedings

Rules of court, disclosure and related matters

General provisions about rules of court
66
1
The following provisions apply to rules of court relating to—
a
financial restrictions proceedings, or
b
proceedings on an appeal relating to financial restrictions proceedings.
2
A person making rules of court must have regard to—
a
the need to secure that the decisions that are the subject of the proceedings are properly reviewed; and
b
the need to secure that disclosures of information are not made where they would be contrary to the public interest.
3
Rules of court may make provision—
a
about the mode of proof and about evidence in the proceedings;
b
enabling or requiring the proceedings to be determined without a hearing; and
c
about legal representation in the proceedings.
4
Rules of court may make provision—
a
enabling the proceedings to take place without full particulars of the reasons for the decisions to which the proceedings relate being given to a party to the proceedings (or to any legal representative of that party);
b
enabling the court to conduct proceedings in the absence of any person, including a party to the proceedings (or any legal representative of that party);
c
about the functions of a person appointed as a special advocate;
d
enabling the court to give a party to the proceedings a summary of evidence taken in the party's absence.
5
In this section—
a
references to a party to the proceedings do not include the Treasury;
b
references to a party's legal representative do not include a person appointed as a special advocate.
6
Nothing in this section shall be read as restricting the power to make rules of court or the matters to be taken into account when doing so.
Ss. 66-68 applied (17.12.2010) by Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (c. 38), ss. 28(4), 55(1) (with s. 44)
Ss. 66-68 applied (with modifications) (22.11.2018) by Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (c. 13), s. 40(1)(2), 64(2) (with ss. 52(3), 53, 58); S.I. 2018/1213, reg. 2(b)