NOTICE of application for RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLICATION
under s.82 Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Criminal Procedure Rules, r.41.8(1))
Form
REP
(ACQ)
On completion please send this form to:
The Registrar of Criminal Appeals, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand,
London, WC2A 2LL.
Tel: 020 7947 6011/6014 DX: RCJ 44451 Strand Fax: 020 7947 6900
FOR CRIMINAL APPEAL OFFICE USE
Reference No. ________________________
Date Received ________________________
Write in BLACK INK and use BLOCK LETTERS
1. Case
details
Name of the acquitted person _______________________________________________________
Address __________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________ Prison Index No (if applicable)______________
Date of the acquittal _______________________________________________________________
Name of Crown Court where tried ____________________________________________________
Qualifying
offence is
defined in
s.75(8) of the
Criminal Justice
Act 2003
Name of Judge ____________________________________________________________________
Indictment No. ____________________________________________________________________
Qualifying Offence _________________________________________________________________
2. Details
of the
Application
(s.82(1)
and
s.82(3) of the
Criminal Justice
Act 2003)
Give details of the application. In particular, provide details:
(i) why the inclusion of any matter in a publication would give rise to a substantial risk of
prejudice to the administration of justice in a retrial; and
(ii) why it is necessary in the interests of justice to make an order for restrictions on
publication.
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3. Time for
restrictions
on
publication
Please indicate whether a section 76 application has been served on the Registrar under
section 80(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003:
(a) If that application has been served:
s.82(9) of the
Criminal Justice
Act 2003
Please indicate whether there is a specified time when an order for restrictions on publication
(if made) should cease to have effect:
(b) If that application has not been served:
s.82(6) of the
Criminal Justice
Act 2003
(i) indicate the date on which the investigation of the commission by the acquitted person of
the qualifying offence has been commenced by officers:
s.82(8) of the
Criminal Justice
Act 2003
(ii) indicate whether there is a specified time when such an order (if made) should cease to
have effect:
Criminal
Procedure
Rules, r.41.8(2)
4. Signature
by or on
behalf of the
Director of
Public
Prosecutions
(iii) Are you applying for an order that service on the acquitted person is not to be effected
until notice of a section 76 application is served on that person? If so, provide details of your
reasons why the acquitted person should not be notified of the application for an order for
restrictions on publication:
Signed ______________________________________ Date ______________________________
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