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12. Provision of information to juries

(1) This section shall apply to any offence being tried on indictment other than an offence to which any of the following provisions apply:

(a) section 1078C of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997;

(b) section 57 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001;

(c) section 10 of the Competition Act 2002;

(d) section 56 of the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013;

(e) section 882 of the Companies Act 2014.

(2) In a trial of an offence to which this section applies, the trial judge may order that copies of any or all of the following documents or materials shall be given to the jury in any form that the judge considers appropriate:

(a) any document admitted in evidence at the trial;

(b) where such transcripts or audio recordings are available:

(i) the transcript of the opening speeches of counsel or an audio recording of such speeches;

(ii) the transcript of the whole or any part of the evidence given at the trial or an audio recording of such evidence;