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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 4 July 1996 - onwards

9A. Orders before preparatory hearing.

(1) Subsection (2) below applies where-

(a) a judge orders a preparatory hearing, and

(b) he decides that any order which could be made under section 9(4) or (5) above at the hearing should be made before the hearing.

(2) In such a case-

(a) he may make any such order before the hearing (or at the hearing), and

(b) subsections (4) to (10) of section 9 above shall apply accordingly.