SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Allocation of cases triable either way, and sending cases to the Crown Court etc

Part 2 minor and consequential amendments

Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14)

65 In Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (deserters and absentees without leave), in paragraph 3, after sub-paragraph (2) there is inserted—

“(2A) The reference in sub-paragraph (2) to provisions of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 is to be taken to refer to those provisions as if no amendment to them had been made by the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”