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Serious Crime Bill [HL]

It is not a change of circumstance but, as I tried to make clear, if the third party had not been involved initially and becomes aware that he is in a position to have been affected, he can use that fact to go to the court to say that, notwithstanding the fact that he was not involved before, he would like to be involved. If he had had the opportunity and knowledge and failed to do that, the court would take that into consideration in making its decision about whether it was reasonable to allow him to join and whether he was significantly affected. I hope that when I was going through this I was clear about the different circumstances in which an individual can come forward.