The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 is amended as follows.

In section 49 (powers of magistrates' courts exercisable by single justice), omit subsections (2) to (5).

In section 50 (early administrative hearings), in subsection (4), for the words from the beginning to “such a clerk” substitute “ Where the powers of a single justice are exercised by a person authorised under section 67B(2) of the Courts Act 2003, nothing in subsection (3)(b) above authorises the person ”.

In Schedule 3 (procedure where persons are sent for trial under section 51), in paragraph 6(9)(a), omit “the clerk of”.