SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 36Further minor and consequential amendments

Part 4Trials on indictment without a jury

Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25)

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1

Schedule 4 (modifications for Northern Ireland) is amended as follows.

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) ”.