80 Criminal procedure: written witness statements

80  Criminal procedure: written witness statements

(1)     Section 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (proof by written statement) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (2)(d) (objections to the tendering of written statements), for “within seven days from the service of the copy of the statement” substitute “within the relevant period”.

(3)     After subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)     For the purposes of subsection (2)(d), “the relevant period” is—

(a)     such number of days, which may not be less than seven, from the service of the copy of the statement as may be prescribed by Criminal Procedure Rules, or

(b)     if no such number is prescribed, seven days from the service of the copy of

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