SCHEDULE 9 Minor Amendments

Transfers of proceedings

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In section 81 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (bail by Crown Court)—

(a)

in subsection (1)(a) (as amended by paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice Act 1987), for the words “section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987” there shall be substituted the words “ a relevant transfer provision ”; and

(b)

after subsection (6), there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(7)

In subsection (1) above “relevant transfer provision” means—

(a)

section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987, or

(b)

section 53 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.”.