SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Minor and Consequential Amendments

Part I Amendments Relating to Part I

The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)

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Section 12 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (pleading guilty by post etc.) shall be amended as follows.

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In subsection (4) (notification of accused’s desire to plead guilty without appearing before court to be read out) the words “by the clerk of the court ” shall be added at the end.

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At the end there shall be added the following subsection—

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Where the clerk of the court has received such a notification as is mentioned in subsection (2) above but the accused nevertheless appears before the court at the time and place appointed for the trial or adjourned trial the court may, if the accused consents, proceed under this section as if he were absent.