http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/37

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/37/section/51/1999-06-01

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

An Act to make provision for preventing crime and disorder; to create certain racially-aggravated offences; to abolish the rebuttable presumption that a child is doli incapax and to make provision as to the effect of a child’s failure to give evidence at his trial; to abolish the death penalty for treason and piracy; to make changes to the criminal justice system; to make further provision for dealing with offenders; to make further provision with respect to remands and committals for trial and the release and recall of prisoners; to amend Chapter I of Part II of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 and to repeal Chapter I of Part III of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997; to make amendments designed to facilitate, or otherwise desirable in connection with, the consolidation of certain enactments; and for connected purposes.

1998-07-31

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1999-06-01

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

Sch. 3

para. 3(11A)

Criminal Justice Act 2003

Sch. 3

para. 71(d)

s. 336(3)

(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 51(1)

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

s. 10(2)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 51(2)(b)

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

s. 10(3)(a)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 51(2)(b)

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

s. 10(3)(b)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 51(2A)-(2E)

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

s. 10(4)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 51(3A)

(3B)

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

s. 10(5)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 51A(A1)

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

s. 10(7)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 51A(3A)-(3E)

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

s. 10(9)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 51A(4A)

(4B)

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

s. 10(10)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 52(2A)

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

s. 10(11)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 47(A1)

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

s. 12(2)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 47(1)-(1F)

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

s. 12(3)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 47(4)(a)

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

s. 12(6)(a)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 47(4)(a)

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

s. 12(6)(b)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 47(4)(b) and word

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

s. 12(6)(c)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 47(4A)

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

s. 12(7)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 50A(6)

Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022

Sch. 2

para. 8(2)(b)

s. 51(4)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 1(1C)

Crime and Security Act 2010

s. 40(2)

s. 59(1)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 8A

Crime and Security Act 2010

s. 41(3)

s. 59(1)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 9(2)(d) and word

Crime and Security Act 2010

s. 41(4)(b)

s. 59(1)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 9(2AA)

Crime and Security Act 2010

s. 41(4)(c)

s. 59(1)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 8A

Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

Sch. 11

para. 24(c)

s. 21

33

42

58

75

93

s. 185(1)

art. 4(f)(vi)

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 9(2)(d) and word

Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

Sch. 11

para. 26(4)(a)

s. 21

33

42

58

75

93

s. 185(1)

art. 3(g)(iv)

art. 4

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 9(2AA)

Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

Sch. 11

para. 26(5)

s. 21

33

42

58

75

93

s. 185(1)

art. 3(g)(iv)

art. 4

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s. 41(5)(i)

(ii)

Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021

Sch. 13

para. 37(3)

s. 50(3)(j)

Part III Criminal justice system

Functions of courts etc.

I151 No committal proceedings for indictable-only offences.

1

Where an adult appears or is brought before a magistrates’ court (“the court”) charged with an offence triable only on indictment (“the indictable-only offence”), the court shall send him forthwith to the Crown Court for trial—

a

for that offence, and

b

for any either-way or summary offence with which he is charged which fulfils the requisite conditions (as set out in subsection (11) below).

2

Where an adult who has been sent for trial under subsection (1) above subsequently appears or is brought before a magistrates’ court charged with an either-way or summary offence which fulfils the requisite conditions, the court may send him forthwith to the Crown Court for trial for the either-way or summary offence.

3

Where—

a

the court sends an adult for trial under subsection (1) above;

b

another adult appears or is brought before the court on the same or a subsequent occasion charged jointly with him with an either-way offence; and

c

that offence appears to the court to be related to the indictable-only offence,

the court shall where it is the same occasion, and may where it is a subsequent occasion, send the other adult forthwith to the Crown Court for trial for the either-way offence.

4

Where a court sends an adult for trial under subsection (3) above, it shall at the same time send him to the Crown Court for trial for any either-way or summary offence with which he is charged which fulfils the requisite conditions.

5

Where—

a

the court sends an adult for trial under subsection (1) or (3) above; and

b

a child or young person appears or is brought before the court on the same or a subsequent occasion charged jointly with the adult with an indictable offence for which the adult is sent for trial,

the court shall, if it considers it necessary in the interests of justice to do so, send the child or young person forthwith to the Crown Court for trial for the indictable offence.

6

Where a court sends a child or young person for trial under subsection (5) above, it may at the same time send him to the Crown Court for trial for any either-way or summary offence with which he is charged which fulfils the requisite conditions.

7

The court shall specify in a notice the offence or offences for which a person is sent for trial under this section and the place at which he is to be tried; and a copy of the notice shall be served on the accused and given to the Crown Court sitting at that place.

8

In a case where there is more than one indictable-only offence and the court includes an either-way or a summary offence in the notice under subsection (7) above, the court shall specify in that notice the indictable-only offence to which the either-way offence or, as the case may be, the summary offence appears to the court to be related.

9

The trial of the information charging any summary offence for which a person is sent for trial under this section shall be treated as if the court had adjourned it under section 10 of the 1980 Act and had not fixed the time and place for its resumption.

10

In selecting the place of trial for the purpose of subsection (7) above, the court shall have regard to—

a

the convenience of the defence, the prosecution and the witnesses;

b

the desirability of expediting the trial; and

c

any direction given by or on behalf of the Lord Chief Justice with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor under section 75(1) of the M1Supreme Court Act 1981.

11

An offence fulfils the requisite conditions if—

a

it appears to the court to be related to the indictable-only offence; and

b

in the case of a summary offence, it is punishable with imprisonment or involves obligatory or discretionary disqualification from driving.

12

For the purposes of this section—

a

“adult” means a person aged 18 or over, and references to an adult include references to a corporation;

b

“either-way offence” means an offence which, if committed by an adult, is triable either on indictment or summarily;

c

an either-way offence is related to an indictable-only offence if the charge for the either-way offence could be joined in the same indictment as the charge for the indictable-only offence;

d

a summary offence is related to an indictable-only offence if it arises out of circumstances which are the same as or connected with those giving rise to the indictable-only offence.