[45A Power to restrict reporting of criminal proceedings for lifetime of witnesses and victims under 18]
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (1999 c 23) | Legislation

[45A  Power to restrict reporting of criminal proceedings for lifetime of witnesses and victims under 18]

[(1)     This section applies in relation to—

(a)     any criminal proceedings in any court (other than a service court) in England and Wales, and

(b)     any proceedings (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) in any service court.

(2)     The court may make a direction (“a reporting direction”) that no matter relating to a person mentioned in subsection (3) shall during that person's lifetime be included in any publication if it is likely to lead members of the public to identify that person as being concerned in the proceedings.

(3)     A reporting direction may be made only in respect of a person who is under the age of 18 when the proceedings commence and who is—

(a)     a witness, other than an accused, in the proceedings;

(b)     a person against whom the offence, which is the subject of the proceedings, is alleged to have been committed.

(4)     For the purposes of subsection (2), matters relating to a person in respect of whom the reporting direction is made include—

(a)     the person's name,

(b)     the person's address,

(c)     the identity of any school or other

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