SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 Minor and consequential amendments

Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c.23)

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In subsection (2) of section 23 of the 1985 Act (discontinuance of proceedings), after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

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in the case of any offence, any stage of the proceedings after the accused has been sent for trial under section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (no committal proceedings for indictable-only and related offences).