72(1)Schedule 4 (modifications for Northern Ireland) is amended as follows.
(2)In paragraph 15 after the substituted version of section 39(2) there is inserted—
“(2A)But, for the purposes of this Part, a hearing of the kind mentioned in section 45(2)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 is not a pre-trial hearing.”
(3)In paragraph 15 in paragraph (b) of the substituted version of section 39(3)—
(a)for “when a jury is sworn” there is substituted “at the time when a jury is sworn”, and
(b)for “a jury is sworn” there is substituted “the time when a jury is sworn”.
(4)After paragraph 15 there is inserted—
“15AIn section 39(4) for “(3)” substitute “(3)(b)”.”