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Crime and Disorder Act 1998, Cross Heading: Procedure for determining whether offences of criminal damage etc. are summary offences is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 30 August 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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14(1)This paragraph applies where the Crown Court has to determine, for the purposes of this Schedule, whether an offence which is listed in the first column of Schedule 2 to the 1980 Act (offences for which the value involved is relevant to the mode of trial) is a summary offence.E+W
(2)The court shall have regard to any representations made by the prosecutor or the accused.
(3)If it appears clear to the court that the value involved does not exceed the relevant sum, it shall treat the offence as a summary offence.
(4)If it appears clear to the court that the value involved exceeds the relevant sum, it shall treat the offence as an indictable offence.
(5)If it appears to the court for any reason not clear whether the value involved does or does not exceed the relevant sum, the court shall ask the accused whether he wishes the offence to be treated as a summary offence.
(6)Where sub-paragraph (5) above applies—
(a)if the accused indicates that he wishes the offence to be treated as a summary offence, the court shall so treat it;
(b)if the accused does not give such an indication, the court shall treat the offence as an indictable offence.
(7)In this paragraph “the value involved” and “the relevant sum” have the same meanings as in section 22 of the 1980 Act (certain offences triable either way to be tried summarily if value involved is small).
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I1Sch. 3 para. 14 partly in force; Sch. 3 para. 14 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 121. In force at 30.9.1998 for certain purposes by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1) (subject to savings in arts. 5-8); Sch. 3 para. 14 in force at 4.1.1999 for the purpose of sending any person for trial under s. 51 from any area specified in Sch. 2 of the said S.I. by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4(2); Sch. 3 para. 14 in force at 15.1.2001 to the extent that it is not already in force by S.I. 2000/3283, art. 2 (subject to transitional provisions in art. 3)
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