69.1.—(1) This Part applies where a person directly affected by an order to which section 159(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988(1) applies wants to appeal against that order.
(2) A reference to an ‘appellant’ in this Part is a reference to such a party.
[Note. Section 159(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 gives a ‘person aggrieved’ (in this Part described as a person directly affected) a right of appeal to the Court of Appeal against a Crown Court judge’s order—
(a)under section 4 or 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981(2);
(b)under section 58(7) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996(3);
(c)restricting public access to any part of a trial for reasons of national security or for the protection of a witness or other person; or
(d)restricting the reporting of any part of a trial.
See also Part 16 (Reporting, etc. restrictions) and Part 29 (Measures to assist a witness or defendant to give evidence).
The rules in Part 65 also apply where this Part applies.]
1988 c. 33; section 159(1) was amended by section 61 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25).
1981 c. 49; section 4 was amended by section 57 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25), section 16 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Defamation Act 1996 (c. 31), paragraph 53 of Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) and the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14).