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(1)Crown Court Rules shall prescribe the minimum and the maximum period which may elapse between a person's committal for trial and the beginning of the trial; and such rules may make different provision for different places of trial and for other different circumstances.
(2)The trial of a person committed by a magistrates' court—
(a)shall not begin until the prescribed minimum period has expired except with his consent and the consent of the prosecutor; and
(b)shall not begin later than the expiry of the prescribed maximum period unless a judge of the Crown Court otherwise orders.
(3)For the purposes of this section the prescribed minimum and maximum periods shall begin with the date of committal for trial and the trial shall be taken to begin when the defendant is arraigned.
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