Information about equivalent offence where section 16(3) is alleged to apply

2.  On an application for an order under section 15, where section 16(3) is alleged to apply to the defendant—

(a) the complaint must contain details of the equivalent offence which is being relied on;

(b) the summons issued pursuant to section 51 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980(1) must contain such details; and

(c) if the complaint does not contain such details, or in the court’s view contains insufficient details, the court may require the applicant to provide such details, or further details, before the summons is issued.

(1)

Section 51 was substituted by section 47(1) of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39).