Serious Crime Bill [HL]

I declare an interest as a former deputy High Court judge who sat in civil proceedings many times. For the record, I shall ask the Minister a question. There is another threshold test—a change of circumstance. Would it be a change of circumstance if a third party realises that his interests are adversely affected and makes an application to the court? Or would the court say that he has made his application and could have made it at an earlier stage if he had known about it, but there has been no change of circumstance in relation to the offender? Is the third party having notice of the proceedings a change of circumstance?