Criminal Justice Act 2003
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Section 71: Restrictions on reporting
304.Subsection (1) contains a general prohibition on the reporting of appeals arising under this Part of the Act. This general prohibition is qualified bysubsections (7) and (8) which provide that the restriction ends at the conclusion of the trial and does not apply to various matters including details of the court, the defendants, witnesses, legal representatives and the offences at issue.
305.Subsections (2), (3) and (4) give the judge, the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords respectively, power, by order, to lift the reporting restriction undersubsection (1) either completely or to a specified extent. If the defendant(s) object to the making of such an order, such an order may only be made if it would be in the interests of justice to do so (subsections (5) and (6)).
306.Subsection (10) ensures that any other restrictions on the reporting of court proceedings are preserved.
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