15 Offences which are to become triable only summarily.E+W+S
(1)The following offences shall be triable only summarily (instead of either way), namely—
(a)the offences mentioned (and broadly described) in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act; . . . F1
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1
F2(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)The following offences under the M1Night Poaching Act 1828 shall be triable only summarily (instead of only on indictment), namely—
(a)offences under section 2 of that Act (assaults by persons committing offences under the Act);
(b)offences under section 9 of that Act (entering land, with others, armed and for the purpose of taking or destroying game or rabbits).
(5)Subsections (1) and (4) above are without prejudice to any other enactment by virtue of which any offence is triable only summarily.
Textual Amendments
F1Word “and” and s. 15(1)(b) repealed by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 9
F2S. 15(2)(3) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Group1
Marginal Citations