Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/53/schedule/6
Timestamp: 2019-04-22 19:12:24
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Criminal Justice Act 1991, SCHEDULE 6 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 22 April 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
[F1SCHEDULE 6E+W+S Notices of Transfer: Procedure in lieu of Committal
E1Schedule 6 extends to England and Wales only except as mentioned in s. 102(4)-(6)
Contents of notice of transferE+W
1(1)A notice of transfer shall specify the proposed place of trial; and in selecting that place the Director of Public Prosecutions shall have regard to the considerations to which a magistrates’ court committing a person for trial is required by section 7 of the 1980 Act to have regard when selecting the place at which he is to be tried.E+W
(2)A notice of transfer shall specify the charge or charges to which it relates and include or be accompanied by such additional material as regulations under paragraph 4 below may require.
I2Sch. 6 wholly in force at 1.10.1992, see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.
RemandE+W
2(1)If a magistrates’ court has remanded in custody a person to whom a notice of transfer relates, it shall have power, subject to section 4 of the M1Bail Act 1976 [F2, section 25 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994] and regulations under section 22 of the M2Prosecution of Offences Act 1985—E+W
(b)to release him on bail in accordance with the Bail Act 1976, that is to say, by directing him to appear before the Crown Court for trial.
(a)a person’s release on bail under paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (1) above is conditional on his providing one or more sureties; and
(b)in accordance with subsection (3) of section 8 of the Bail Act 1976, the court fixes the amount in which a surety is to be bound with a view to his entering into his recognisance subsequently in accordance with subsections (4) and (5) or (6) of that section,
the court shall in the meantime make an order such as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of that sub-paragraph.
(3)If the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (4) below are satisfied, a court may exercise the powers conferred by sub-paragraph (1) above in relation to a person charged without his being brought before it in any case in which by virtue of subsection (3A) of section 128 of the 1980 Act it would have the power further to remand him on an adjournment such as is mentioned in that subsection.
(4)The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (3) above are—
(5)Where a notice of transfer is given after a person to whom it relates has been remanded on bail to appear before a magistrates’ court on an appointed day, the requirement that he shall so appear shall cease on the giving of the notice unless the notice states that it is to continue.
(6)Where that requirement ceases by virtue of sub-paragraph (5) above, it shall be the duty of the person in question to appear before the Crown Court at the place specified by the notice of transfer as the proposed place of trial or at any place substituted for it by a direction under section 76 of the M3[F3Senior Courts Act 1981].
(7)If, in a case where the notice states that the requirement mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) above is to continue, a person to whom the notice relates appears before the magistrates’ court, the court shall have—
(a)the powers and duties conferred on a magistrates’ court by sub-paragraph (1) above but subject as there provided; and
(b)power to enlarge, in the surety’s absence, a recognisance conditioned in accordance with section 128(4)(a) of the 1980 Act so that the surety is bound to secure that the person charged appears also before the Crown Court.
F2Words in Sch. 6 para. 2(1) inserted (10.4.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(2), Sch. 10 para. 71; S.I. 1995/721, art. 2, Sch. Appendix A
F3Words substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
I3Sch. 6 wholly in force at 1.10.1992, see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.
M21985 c. 23.
WitnessesE+W
3For the purposes of the M4Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965—
(a)any magistrates’ court for the petty sessions area for which the court from which a case was transferred sits shall be treated as examining magistrates; and
I4Sch. 6 wholly in force at 1.10.1992, see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
M41965 c. 69.
4(1)The Attorney General—E+W
(a)shall by regulations make provision requiring a copy of a notice of transfer, together with [F4copies of the documents containing the evidence (including oral evidence)] on which any charge to which it relates is based, to be given—
F5[(1A)Regulations under sub-paragraph (1)(a) above may provide that there shall be no requirement for copies of documents to accompany the copy of the notice of transfer if they are referred to, in documents sent with the notice of transfer, as having already been supplied.]
F4Words in Sch. 6 para. 4(1)(a) substituted (4.7.1996 with application as mentioned in s. 45(8)(9) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 25, s. 45(5)(8)(9); S.I. 1998/851, art. 2.
F5Sch. 6 para. 4(1A) inserted (4.7.1996 with application as mentioned in s. 45(8)(9) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 25, s. 45(6)(8)(9); S.I. 1998/851, art. 2
I5Sch. 6 wholly in force at 1.10.1992, see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
Applications for dismissalE+W
(8)[F6Criminal Procedure Rules] may make provision for the purposes of this paragraph and, without prejudice to the generality of this sub-paragraph, may make provision—
F6Words in Sch. 6 para. 5(8) substituted (1.9.2004) by The Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2004 (S. I. 2004/2035), art. 3, Sch. para. 34
I6Sch. 6 wholly in force at 1.10.1992, see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.
6(1)Except as provided by this paragraph, it shall not be lawful—E+W+S
(a)to publish in Great Britain a written report of an application under paragraph 5(1) above; or
(b)to include in a relevant programme for reception in Great Britain a report of such an application,
(2)An order that sub-paragraph (1) above shall not apply to reports of an application under paragraph 5(1) above may be made by the judge dealing with the application.
(3)Where in the case of two or more accused one of them objects to the making of an order under sub-paragraph (2) above, the judge shall make the order if, and only if, he is satisfied, after hearing the representations of the accused, that it is in the interests of justice to do so.
(4)An order under sub-paragraph (2) above shall not apply to reports of proceedings under sub-paragraph (3) above, but any decision of the court to make or not to make such an order may be contained in reports published or included in a relevant programme before the time authorised by sub-paragraph (5) below.
(5)It shall not be unlawful under this paragraph to publish or include in a relevant programme a report of an application under paragraph 5(1) above containing any matter other than that permitted by sub-paragraph (8) below where the application is successful.
(b)applications under paragraph 5(1) above are made by more than one of them,
sub-paragraph (5) above shall have effect as if for the words “the application is” there were substituted the words “all the applications are”.
(7)It shall not be unlawful under this paragraph to publish or include in a relevant programme a report of an unsuccessful application at the conclusion of the trial of the person charged, or of the last of the persons charged to be tried.
(8)The following matters may be contained in a report published or included in a relevant programme without an order under sub-paragraph (2) above before the time authorised by [F7sub-paragraphs (5) and (7)] above, that is to say—
(9)The addresses that may be published or included in a relevant programme under sub-paragraph (8) above are addresses—
(10)If a report is published or included in a relevant programme in contravention of this paragraph, the following persons, that is to say—
(c)in the case of the inclusion of a report in a relevant programme, any body corporate which is engaged in providing the service in which the programme is included and any person having functions in relation to the programme corresponding to those of the editor of a newspaper;
(11)Proceedings for an offence under this paragraph shall not, in England and Wales, be instituted otherwise than by or with the consent of the Attorney General.
(12)Sub-paragraph (1) above shall be in addition to, and not in derogation from, the provisions of any other enactment with respect to the publication of reports of court proceedings.
“relevant programme” means a programme included in a programme service (within the meaning of the M5Broadcasting Act 1990);
F7Words in Sch. 6 para. 6(8) substituted (4.7.1996 with application as mentioned in s. 45(8)(9) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 25, s. 45(7)(8)(9); S.I. 1998/851, art. 2
I7Sch. 6 wholly in force at 1.10.1992, see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
M51990 c. 42
Avoidance of delayE+W
7(1)Where a notice of transfer has been given in relation to any case—E+W
(b)any magistrates’ court which exercises any functions under paragraph 2 or 3 above or section 20(4) of the M6Legal Aid Act 1988 in relation to the case,
(2)In this paragraph “child” has the same meaning as in section 53 of this Act and “relevant child witness” means a child who will be called as a witness at the trial and who is alleged—
I8Sch. 6 wholly in force at 1.10.1992, see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
M61988 c. 34.
Procedures for indictment of offendersE+W
8(1)In subsection (2) of section 2 of the M7Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933 (procedures for indictment of offenders), after paragraph (aa), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—E+W
“(ab)the offence is specified in a notice of transfer under section 53 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (violent or sexual offences against children); or”.
(2)In paragraph (iA) of the proviso to that subsection—
(a)after the words “paragraph (aa)” there shall be inserted the words “or (ab)”; and
(b)for the words “regulations under section 5(9) of the M8Criminal Justice Act 1987” there shall be substituted the the words “regulations under the relevant provision”.
(3)At the end of that proviso there shall be inserted the words “and in paragraph (iA) above “the relevant provision” means section 5(9) of the M9Criminal Justice Act 1987 in a case to which paragraph (aa) above applies, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Criminal Justice Act 1991 in a case to which paragraph (ab) above applies”.
I9Sch. 6 wholly in force at 1.10.1992, see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
M71933 c. 36.
M81987 c. 38.
M91987 c. 38.
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F8Sch. 6 para. 9 repealed (2.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 106, Sch. 15 Pt. I (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 3(b) (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2 para. 2)