SCHEDULE 9 Minor Amendments

Transfers of proceedings

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In section 76 of the M1Supreme Court Act 1981 (alteration by Crown Court of place of trial) (as amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice Act 1987)—

(a)

in subsection (1), for the words “section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987” there shall be substituted the words “ a relevant transfer provision ”;

(b)

in subsection (3), for the words “section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987” there shall be substituted the words “ a relevant transfer provision ”; and

(c)

after subsection (4) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(5)

In this section “relevant transfer provision” means—

(a)

section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987, or

(b)

section 53 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.”.

The amendments made by this paragraph shall cease to have effect on the coming into force of the amendments made by paragraph 51 of Schedule 4 to this Act.