Part I Criminal Jurisdiction and Procedure
Jurisdiction to issue process and deal with charges
F12Trial of summary offences
(1)
A magistrates' court has jurisdiction to try any summary offence.
(2)
A magistrates' court has jurisdiction F2under sections 51 and 51A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in respect of any offence committed by a person who appears or is brought before the court.
(3)
Subject to—
(a)
sections 18 to 22, and
(b)
any other enactment (wherever contained) relating to the mode of trial of offences triable either way,
a magistrates' court has jurisdiction to try summarily any offence which is triable either way.
(4)
A magistrates' court has jurisdiction, in the exercise of its powers under section 24, to try summarily an indictable offence.
(5)
This section does not affect any jurisdiction over offences conferred on a magistrates' court by any enactment not contained in this Act.