Tuesday, March 23, 1999
H O U S E of L O R D S
PRESS INFORMATION

PINOCHET JUDGMENT: Note of Arrangements

The Judgment will take place on Wednesday, 24 March 1999 in the Chamber of the House of Lords at 2.00pm.

JUDGMENT IN THE CHAMBER

Representatives of the press and media who wish to be present to hear the Judgment should queue at St. Stephen’s Entrance. Please have your press ID with you as there will be separate queues for press and public.
Please note the normal practice is for the Law Lords (Judges) to pronounce judgment by simply referring to their written opinions and not by reading them out aloud (see below). The Judgment itself will therefore last for about 10-15 minutes.
Seating in the designated Press Gallery is limited. If demand exceeds this space, members of the press will be able to sit in other parts of the Visitors’ Galleries.
No stills or TV cameras or sound recording is permitted in these galleries.

BROADCASTING OF PROCEEDINGS

The Judgment will be covered by CCT Productions (the official parliamentary televising contractor) and will be made available to PARBUL customers and all bona-fide broadcasters worldwide, subject to the usual conditions of use.
Arrangements will be as follows:
All users who wish to connect to the live feed should contact the CCT Production office on 0171 219 2732 (+44 171 219 2732 if calling from outside the UK) for a briefing on line details, approximate time, and pricing. PARBUL members (BBC, ITV, C4, C5 and BskyB) will share the origination fee of #100 on a per user channel basis. Other broadcasters will pay the standard non-PARBUL user rate of #165 each.
The signal will be available on the House of Lords main output line at the appropriate time. There will be no countdown prior to the start of transmission.
CCT Productions will also record the sequence and copies of playouts will be available after the event to broadcasters who may require these.
Details from the CCT office as above.

Special Note for Broadcasters Transmitting the Sequence Live

The sequence will begin following Prayers in the House with a wide shot of the chamber. Proceedings will be brief (a few minutes only) and the line will be closed immediately after the completion of proceedings. The end will be marked by a return to the wide shot held for 15 seconds followed by a fade to black 10 seconds and then colour bars and tone.

AVAILABILITY OF SPEECHES IN PRINT AND ON THE INTERNET

Internet
The text of the Judgment will be available on the Internet from 2.30 pm on Wednesday 24 March. www.parliament.uk

Printed Copies
Copies of the Law Lords’ opinions, which set out their individual reasons for the result of the appeal, will be available for collection in the Peers’ Lobby of the House of Lords immediately after the Judgment.

Further copies will be available from the Judicial Office (Tel 0171 219 3111) on payment of a fee of #5.

Further information from:
Judicial Office:
Information Office: 0171 219 3111/3112/3113/3106 (procedural queries).
0171 219 3107/3327/2257
H O U S E of L O R D S
LONDON
S W 1 A 0 P W
TEL: 0171-219 3107
INTERNET: www.parliament.uk