Criminal Law Act 1977

Section 41.

SCHEDULE 8 Transfer of Remand Hearings

1 A court which, on adjourning a case, makes an order under section 41(1) above is not required at that time to fix the time and place at which the case is to be resumed but shall do so as soon as practicable after the order ceases to be in force.

2 Where an order under subsection (1) of section 41 above is made in the course of proceedings which, for the purposes of section 3 of the [1967 c. 80.] Criminal Justice Act 1967 (reporting restrictions and their removal), are committal proceedings, proceedings relating to the accused before the alternate court are also committal proceedings for those purposes.

3 A court making an order under subsection (1) of section 41 above or remanding the accused under subsection (4) shall at once notify the court before which the accused is to be brought as to the terms of the order or remand.

4 A person to whom an order under section 41(1) above applies shall, if released on bail, be bailed to appear before the court which made the order.

5 Section 41 above and this Schedule have effect notwithstanding anything in sections 6 and 14 of the [1952 c. 55.] Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 or section 19(4) above.