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Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

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Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, Section 16C is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 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. Help about Changes to Legislation

[F116CCases that cease to be tried in accordance with section 16AE+W

(1)If a magistrates' court decides, after the accused is convicted of the offence, that it is not appropriate to try the written charge in accordance with section 16A, the court may not continue to try the charge in that way.

(2)If a magistrates' court trying a written charge in accordance with section 16A proposes, after the accused is convicted of the offence, to order the accused to be disqualified under section 34 or 35 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988—

(a)the court must give the accused the opportunity to make representations or further representations about the proposed disqualification, and

(b)if the accused indicates a wish to make such representations, the court may not continue to try the case in accordance with section 16A.

(3)If a magistrates' court may not continue to try a written charge in accordance with section 16A because of subsection (1) or (2), the magistrates' court must—

(a)adjourn the trial, and

(b)issue a summons directed to the accused requiring the accused to appear before a magistrates' court to be dealt with in respect of the offence.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 16A-16F and cross-heading inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 48(3), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 39

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