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290(1)Amend section 23 (discontinuance of proceedings in magistrates' courts) as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsections (3), (7) and (8), for “justices' chief executive for” substitute “ designated officer for ”.
(3)In subsection (10), for “rules made under section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980” substitute “ Criminal Procedure Rules ”.
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I1Sch. 8 para. 290 partly in force; Sch. 8 para. 290 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 110(1)(2); Sch. 8 para. 290(1)(3) in force at 1.9.2004 by S.I. 2004/2066, art. 2(c)(xiii) (with art. 3); Sch. 8 para. 290(2) in force at 1.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)