Part I Criminal Procedure, etc.

Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial

32 Amendments of Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952.

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F2. . . F3 section 33 of the M1Courts Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of expenses of witnesses in connection with appeals to the Courts-Martial Appeal Court). . . F4shall apply in relation to a registered medical practitioner making a written report to a court in pursuance of a request to which this subsection applies as F5it applies in relation to a person called to give evidence at the instance of the court,. . . F4.

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The last foregoing subsection applies to a request to a registered medical practitioner to make a written or oral report on the medical condition of an offender or defendant, being a request made by a court—

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for the purpose of determining whether or not to make an order under F6paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000(probation orders requiring treatment for mental condition) or section 60 of the M2Mental Health Act 1959 (hospital orders and guardianship orders) or otherwise for the purpose of determining the most suitable method of dealing with an offender; or

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in exercise of the powers conferred by F7section 11 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000(remand of a defendant for medical examination and requirement of such an examination on committing a defendant for trial on bail).

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