Paragraphs 2 to 4 of this Schedule shall apply to proceedings in England or Wales under section 2 of this Act.

The court shall consist of at least two justices and shall sit in open court in a petty-sessional court-house or an occasional court-house:

Section 15 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (which exempts stipendiary magistrates from certain restrictions imposed by the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980) shall apply as if paragraph 2 of this Schedule were contained in the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.

Subject to paragraph 2 of this Schedule, the court shall have the like powers, including power to adjourn the case and meanwhile to remand the person arrested under the warrant either in custody or on bail, and the proceedings shall be conducted as nearly as may be in the like manner, as if the court were acting as examining justices inquiring into an indictable offence alleged to have been committed by that person.

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 3 of this Schedule, F3F4section 1 of the M1Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1973 (award of costs by examining justices out of central funds)F3sections 16(1) and 17(1) of M2the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 and F5section 28 of the M3Legal Aid Act 1974 shall apply in relation to the proceedings as if the person arrested under the warrant were charged with an indictable offence on the prosecution of the constable on whose application the warrant was endorsed and, where the court discharges that person, as if it had determined not to commit for trial.

Paragraph 6 of this Schedule shall apply to proceedings in Scotland under section 2 of this Act.

The court shall have the like powers, including power to adjourn the case and meanwhile to remand the person arrested under the warrant either in custody or on bail, and the proceedings shall be conducted as nearly as may be in the like manner, as if the proceedings were summary proceedings in respect of an offence alleged to have been committed by that person; and the provisions of the F7M4Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1967 as respects such proceedings or any appellate proceedings following thereon shall apply accordingly to that person.

Paragraphs 8 to 10 of this Schedule shall apply to proceedings in Northern Ireland under section 2 of this Act.

The court shall consist of a resident magistrate sitting, in or out of petty sessions, in open court.

Subject to paragraph 8 of this Schedule, the court shall have the like powers, including power to adjourn the case and meanwhile to remand the person arrested under the warrant either in custody or on bail, and the proceedings shall be conducted as nearly as may be in the like manner, as if the court were conducting the preliminary investigation of an indictable offence alleged to have been committed by that person.

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 9 of this Schedule, F8Article 28 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981shall apply in relation to the proceedings as if the person arrested under the warrant were charged with an indictable offence on the prosecution of the constable on whose application the warrant was endorsed.