49 Powers of magistrates’ courts exercisable by single justice etc.E+W
(1)The following powers of a magistrates’ court for any area may be exercised by a single justice of the peace for that area, namely—
(a)to extend bail or to impose or vary conditions of bail;
(b)to mark an information as withdrawn;
(c)to dismiss an information, or to discharge an accused in respect of an information, where no evidence is offered by the prosecution;
(d)to make an order for the payment of defence costs out of central funds;
(e)to request a pre-sentence report following a plea of guilty and, for that purpose, to give an indication of the seriousness of the offence;
(f)to request a medical report and, for that purpose, to remand the accused in custody or on bail;
(g)to remit an offender to another court for sentence;
(h)where a person has been granted police bail to appear at a magistrates’ court, to appoint an earlier time for his appearance;
(i)to extend, with the consent of the accused, a custody time limit or an overall time limit;
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(k)where an accused has been convicted of an offence, to order him to produce his driving licence;
(l)to give a direction prohibiting the publication of matters disclosed or exempted from disclosure in court;
(m)to give, vary or revoke directions for the conduct of a trial, including directions as to the following matters, namely—
(i)the timetable for the proceedings;
(ii)the attendance of the parties;
(iii)the service of documents (including summaries of any legal arguments relied on by the parties);
(iv)the manner in which evidence is to be given; and
(n)to give, vary or revoke orders for separate or joint trials in the case of two or more accused or two or more informations.
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