20 Further provisions about directions: general
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (1999 c 23) | Legislation

20  Further provisions about directions: general

(1)     Subject to subsection (2) and section 21(8), a special measures direction has binding effect from the time it is made until the proceedings for the purposes of which it is made are either—

(a)     determined (by acquittal, conviction or otherwise), or

(b)     abandoned,

in relation to the accused or (if there is more than one) in relation to each of the accused.

(2)     The court may discharge or vary (or further vary) a special measures direction

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