Part I Criminal Jurisdiction and Procedure
F1Automatic online conviction and penalty for certain summary offences
16GThe automatic online conviction option
1
In this Act a reference to a person being offered the automatic online conviction option in respect of an offence is a reference to the person being given an electronic notification which explains that if the person intends to plead guilty the person may agree—
a
to be convicted of the offence under section 16H, and
b
to be penalised for the offence under section 16I.
2
In this Act a reference to a person accepting the automatic online conviction option in respect of an offence is a reference to the person giving an electronic notification which indicates that the person—
a
pleads guilty to the offence,
b
agrees to be convicted of the offence under section 16H, and
c
agrees to be penalised for the offence under section 16I.
3
A notification purporting to be given by a person (or the person’s legal representative) is to be treated for the purposes of subsection (2) as a notification given by that person.
4
In this section “electronic notification” means a written notification given—
a
by electronic means,
b
under such arrangements as are put in place by the Lord Chancellor for the purposes of this section and sections 16H to 16L, and
c
in accordance with such provision as may be made by Criminal Procedure Rules.
Ss. 16G-16M and cross-heading inserted (7.11.2023) by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), ss. 3, 51(4); S.I. 2023/1194, reg. 2(a)