Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 36 E+W Further minor and consequential amendments

Part 4 E+W Trials on indictment without a jury

Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25) E+W

72 (1) Schedule 4 (modifications for Northern Ireland) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) In paragraph 15 after the substituted version of section 39(2) there is inserted—

“(2A) But, for the purposes of this Part, a hearing of the kind mentioned in section 45(2)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 is not a pre-trial hearing.”

(3) In paragraph 15 in paragraph (b) of the substituted version of section 39(3)—

(a) for “when a jury is sworn” there is substituted “ at the time when a jury is sworn ”, and

(b) for “a jury is sworn” there is substituted “ the time when a jury is sworn ”.

(4) After paragraph 15 there is inserted—

“15A In section 39(4) for “(3)” substitute “ (3)(b) ”.”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 36 Pt. 4 wholly in force at 8.1.2007; Sch. 36 Pt. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 336(3); Sch. 36 Pt. 4 in force for E.W. at 24.7.2006 by S.I. 2006/1835, art. 2 (subject to art. 3); Sch. 36 Pt. 4 in force in so far as not already in force at 8.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3422, art. 2