Part I
subsection (5) above shall have effect as if for the words “the application is” there were substituted the words “all the applications are”.
(7) It shall not be unlawful under this section to publish, broadcast or include in a cable programme a report of an unsuccessful application or a preparatory hearing at the conclusion of the trial of the person charged, or of the last of the persons charged to be tried.
(8) The following matters may be contained in a report published, broadcast or included in a cable programme without an order under subsection (2) above before the time authorised by subsections (5) and (6) above, that is to say—
- (a) the identity of the court and the name of the judge;
- (b) the names, ages, home addresses and occupations of the accused and witnesses;
- (c) any relevant business information;
- (d) the offence or offences, or a summary of them, with which the accused is or are charged;
- (e) the names of counsel and solicitors engaged in the proceedings;
- (f) where the proceedings are adjourned, the date and place to which they are adjourned;
- (g) any arrangements as to bail;
- (h) whether legal aid was granted to the accused or any of the accused.
(9) The following is relevant business information for the purposes of subsection (8) above—
- (a) any address used by the accused for carrying on a business on his own account;
- (b) the name of any business which he was carrying on on his own account at any relevant time;
- (c) the name of any firm in which he was a partner at any relevant time or by which he was engaged at any such time;
- (d) the address of any such firm;
- (e) the name of any company of which he was a director at any relevant time or by which he was otherwise engaged at any such time;
- (f) the address of the registered or principal office of any such company; and
- (g) any working address of the accused in his capacity as a person engaged by any such company.
(10) The addresses that may be published or broadcast or included in a cable programme under subsection (8) above are addresses—
- (a) at any relevant time; and
- (b) at the time of their publication, broadcast or inclusion in a cable programme.
(11) In this section—
- “engaged” means engaged under a contract of service or a contract for services, and
- “relevant time” means a time when events giving rise to the charges to which the proceedings relate occurred.
