SCHEDULE 9 Minor Amendments

Transfers of proceedings

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In section 16 of the M1Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (defence costs)—

(a)

in subsection (2)(aa) (inserted by paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 to the M2Criminal 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 (11) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(12)

In subsection (2)(aa) “relevant transfer provision” means—

(a)

section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987, or

(b)

section 53 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.”.