5(1)Section 12 (non-appearance of accused: plea of guilty) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (7), omit “by the clerk of the court”.
(3)In subsection (7ZA), at the end insert—
“(c)specify the persons, or description of persons, who must—
(i)read out the things mentioned in such of those paragraphs as apply, and
(ii)give the account mentioned in subsection (7A).”
(4)In subsection (7A), omit “by the clerk of the court”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. para. 5 in force at 6.4.2020 by S.I. 2020/24, reg. 3(b)