SCHEDULE 1 Committal Proceedings
Part II Other Provisions
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1867
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Sections 6 and 7 of the M1Criminal Law Amendment Act 1867 (statements taken under section 105 of the M2Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980) shall be omitted.
Bankers’ Books Evidence Act 1879
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“Where the proceedings concerned are proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices, this section shall have effect with the omission of the words “orally or”.”
16
“Where the proceedings concerned are proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices, this section shall have effect with the omission of the words “either orally or””.
Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933
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F1In section 2 of the M4Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933 (procedure for indictment of offenders) in proviso (i) to subsection (2) for the words “in any examination or deposition taken before a justice in his presence” there shall be substituted “
to the magistrates’ court inquiring into that offence as examining justices
”.
Criminal Justice Act 1948
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“(5A)
Where the proceedings mentioned in subsection (1) above are proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices this section shall have effect with the omission of—
(a)
subsection (4), and
(b)
in subsection (5), paragraph (b) and the word “or” immediately preceding it.”
Theft Act 1968
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“(4A)
Where the proceedings mentioned in subsection (4) above are proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices that subsection shall have effect with the omission of the words from “subject to the following conditions” to the end of the subsection.”
F220
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Children and Young Persons Act 1969
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In Schedule 5 to the M7Children and Young Persons Act 1969, in paragraph 55 for the words “section 102” there shall be substituted “
section 5B
”
.
Criminal Justice Act 1972
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(1)
Section 46 of the M8Criminal Justice Act 1972 (written statements made outside England and Wales) shall be amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1) the following words shall be omitted—
(a)
“Section 102 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 and”;
(b)
“which respectively allow”;
(c)
“committal proceedings and in other”;
(d)
“and section 106 of the said Act of 1980”;
(e)
“which punish the making of”;
(f)
“102 or”;
(g)
“, as the case may be”.
(3)
“(1A)
The following provisions, namely—
(a)
so much of section 5A of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 as relates to written statements and to documents or other exhibits referred to in them,
(b)
section 5B of that Act, and
(c)
section 106 of that Act,
shall apply where written statements are made in Scotland or Northern Ireland as well as where written statements are made in England and Wales.
(1B)
The following provisions, namely—
(a)
so much of section 5A of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 as relates to written statements and to documents or other exhibits referred to in them, and
(b)
section 5B of that Act,
shall (subject to subsection (1C) below) apply where written statements are made outside the United Kingdom.
(1C)
Where written statements are made outside the United Kingdom—
(a)
section 5B of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 shall apply with the omission of subsections (2)(b) and (3A);
(b)
paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (use of written statements at trial) shall not apply.”
(4)
Subsection (2) shall be omitted.
Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976
F423
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Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
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“Where the proceedings concerned are proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices this section shall have effect with the omission of the words “authenticated in such manner as the court may approve.””
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“(9)
Where the proceedings mentioned in subsection (1) above are proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices this section shall have effect with the omission of—
(a)
in subsection (1) the words “and is not excluded by the court in pursuance of this section”, and
(b)
subsections (2) to (6) and (8).”
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“(3)
This section shall not apply in the case of proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices.”
F627
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Criminal Justice Act 1988
F728
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F729
F8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F730
F9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F731
F10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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“(4A)
Where the proceedings mentioned in subsection (1) above are proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices this section shall have effect with the omission of—
(a)
in subsection (1) the words “whether or not the person making it attends to give oral evidence in those proceedings”, and
(b)
subsections (2) to (4).”
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F12In section 40 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (power to join in indictment count for common assault etc.) in subsection (1) for the words from “in an examination” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted “
to a magistrates’ court inquiring into the offence as examining justices
”.
Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988
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“(3A)
Where the proceedings mentioned in subsection (1) above are proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices this section shall have effect with the omission of—
(a)
subsection (2), and
(b)
in subsection (3), paragraph (b) and the word “or” immediately preceding it.”
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“(7)
Where the proceedings mentioned in subsection (2) above are proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices this section shall have effect as if—
(a)
in subsection (2) the words “to the same extent as oral evidence of that fact is admissible in those proceedings” were omitted;
(b)
in subsection (4) the word “and” were inserted at the end of paragraph (a);
(c)
in subsection (4), paragraphs (c) and (d) and the words “as if the accused had appeared and admitted it” were omitted.”
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“(6A)
Where the proceedings mentioned in section 15(1) of this Act are proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices this section shall have effect with the omission of subsection (4).”
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“(8A)
Where the proceedings for an offence to which this section applies are proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices this section shall have effect as if in subsection (8) the words from “and nothing” to the end of the subsection were omitted.”