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Sir John Mitting
The Chair of the Undercover Policing Inquiry, Sir John Mitting, has received submissions from the non-police, non-state core participants further to his ‘Minded to’ note on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (‘the 1974 Act’).
As a result the Inquiry will be holding a hearing in relation to the use of evidence of spent convictions and the proposal in the ‘Minded to’ note to seek an exemption from section 4(1) of the 1974 Act.
It wil also hear anonymity applications by former members of the Special Demonstration Squad.
The hearing will take place on 20-22 November 2017. This is slightly later than had been anticipated and is as a result of additional time being requested by core participants to provide submissions in response to the Chair’s 3 August 2017 ‘Minded to’ note.
The hearing was originally scheduled for 1 November, and its announcement stated
The Chairman will use the opportunity offered by his first public hearing on 1 November 2017 to make a statement on the future conduct of the Inquiry. A copy of the statement will be circulated immediately after it has been made, and posted on the Inquiry’s website.
This statement will now be given on 20 November, apparently as the first thing in the hearing.
There is no indication of which specific matters it will concern.
The hearing will take place in Court 76 at the Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London WC2A 2LL
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