Courts Act 2003, Paragraph 303 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
303(1)Amend section 41 (power of Crown Court to deal with summary offence where person committed for either way offence) as follows.U.K.
(2)For subsection (8), substitute—
“(8)If he does not plead guilty, the Crown Court may try him for the offence, but may deal with him only in a manner in which a magistrates' court could have dealt with him.”
(3)Omit subsection (9).
(4)In subsections (10) and (11)(a), for “justices' chief executive for” substitute “ designated officer for ”.
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