HC Deb 31 March 1987 vol 113 cc1056-7

Amendments made: No. 39, in page 7, line 43 at beginning insert 'Subject to subsection (3A) below,'.

No. 40, in page 7, line 47, at end insert— '(3A) The judge may order a person who has made a written statement which it is proposed to adduce in evidence to supplement that statement by oral evidence. (3B) If—

  1. (a) the judge makes an order under subsection (3A) above; and
  2. (b) the written statement is submitted to the court, the statement shall not be admitted as evidence unless—
    1. (i) the person who made it gives oral evidence; or
    2. (ii) the judge gives leave for it to be admitted without his doing so.'.

No. 41, in page 8, line 4 leave out 'in pursuance of leave granted under subsection (2) above' and insert 'under this section'.—[Mr. Douglas Hogg.]

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