SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 36Further minor and consequential amendments

Part 4Trials on indictment without a jury

Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23)

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1

Section 48 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (committal for trial on indictment) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (6A) for “the jury are sworn” there is substituted “ the time when the jury are sworn ”.

3

After subsection (6A) there is inserted—

6B

The reference in subsection (6A) to the time when the jury are sworn includes the time when the jury would be sworn but for—

a

the making of an order under Part 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, or

b

the application of F1section 5 of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 .