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Status:Point in time view latest with prospective.This version of this provision is prospective.StatusThe term provision is used to describe a definable element in a piece of legislation that has legislative effect – such as a Part, Chapter or section. A version of a provision is prospective either: where the provision (Part, Chapter or section) has never come into force or; where the text of the provision is subject to change, but no date has yet been appointed by the appropriate person or body for those changes to come into force.Commencement Orders listed in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ box as not yet applied may bring this prospective version into force. Note: Point in time prospective is the latest available view of the legislation that includes by default all the prospective changes that might come into force.Changes to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Police and Justice Act 2006. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationChanges and effects yet to be applied by the editorial team are only applicable when viewing the latest version or prospective version of legislation. They are therefore not accessible when viewing legislation as at a specific point in time. To view the ‘Changes to Legislation’ information for this provision return to the latest version view using the options provided in the ‘What Version’ box above.Changes and effects yet to be applied to :Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the specific provision you are viewing.s. 45 Coming into force by S.I. 2012/2373 art. 2(a)Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Police and Justice Act 2006:Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing provisions within this Act into force:S.I. 2006/3364 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2007/29 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2006/3364S.I. 2007/709 art. 2-4 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2007/1614 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2007/2052 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2007/2754 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2007/3073 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2007/3203 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2007/3251 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2008/311 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2008/790 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2008/2503 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2008/2785 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2009/936 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2009/1679 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2009/2540 art. 2-4 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2009/2774 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2010/414 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)S.I. 2011/2144 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)S.S.I. 2007/434 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2008/172 art. 2-9 commences (2007 c. 28)S.I. 2008/591 art. 2(d) commences (2007 c. 28)S.I. 2008/617 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2006/3364S.I. 2008/755 art. 2 15-18 commences (2007 c. 27)S.I. 2008/917 art. 2-5 commences (2007 c. 28)S.I. 2008/1586 art. 2 Sch. 1 commences (2008 c. 4)S.I. 2008/1900 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 12)S.I. 2008/2504 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 27)S.I. 2008/3110 art. 2-6 commences (2007 c. 28)S.I. 2009/860 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 4)S.I. 2009/959 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 28)S.I. 2009/2539 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 28)S.I. 2010/2703 art. 2 commences (2010 c. 25)S.I. 2011/3019 art. 3 Sch. 1 commences (2011 c. 13)S.I. 2012/628 art. 2(c) commences (2011 c. 20)S.I. 2012/1008 art. 2-6 commences (2011 c. 20)45Attendance by accused at certain preliminary or sentencing hearingsE+WThis section has no associated Explanatory NotesFor section 57 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (use of live television links at preliminary hearings) there is substituted—
“Part 3A E+WLive links for accused's attendance at certain preliminary and sentencing hearings57AIntroductory(1)This Part—
(a)applies to preliminary hearings and sentencing hearings in the course of proceedings for an offence; and
(b)enables the court in the circumstances provided for in sections 57B, 57C and 57E to direct the use of a live link for securing the accused's attendance at a hearing to which this Part applies.
(2)The accused is to be treated as present in court when, by virtue of a live link direction under this Part, he attends a hearing through a live link.
“custody”—
(a)includes local authority accommodation to which a person is remanded or committed by virtue of section 23 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969; but
(b)does not include police detention;
“live link” means an arrangement by which a person (when not in the place where the hearing is being held) is able to see and hear, and to be seen and heard by, the court during a hearing (and for this purpose any impairment of eyesight or hearing is to be disregarded);
“police detention” has the meaning given by section 118(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;
“preliminary hearing” means a hearing in the proceedings held before the start of the trial (within the meaning of subsection (11A) or (11B) of section 22 of the 1985 Act) including, in the case of proceedings in the Crown Court, a preparatory hearing held under—
(a)section 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (cases of serious or complex fraud); or
(b)section 29 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (other serious, complex or lengthy cases);
“sentencing hearing” means any hearing following conviction which is held for the purpose of—
(a)proceedings relating to the giving or rescinding of a direction under section 57E;
(b)proceedings (in a magistrates' court) relating to committal to the Crown Court for sentencing; or
(c)sentencing the offender or determining how the court should deal with him in respect of the offence.
57BUse of live link at preliminary hearings where accused is in custody(1)This section applies in relation to a preliminary hearing in a magistrates' court or the Crown Court.
(2)Where it appears to the court before which the preliminary hearing is to take place that the accused is likely to be held in custody during the hearing, the court may give a live link direction under this section in relation to the attendance of the accused at the hearing.
(3)A live link direction under this section is a direction requiring the accused, if he is being held in custody during the hearing, to attend it through a live link from the place at which he is being held.
(4)If a hearing takes place in relation to the giving or rescinding of such a direction, the court may require or permit a person attending the hearing to do so through a live link.
(5)The court shall not give or rescind such a direction (whether at a hearing or otherwise) unless the parties to the proceedings have been given the opportunity to make representations.
(6)If in a case where it has power to do so a magistrates' court decides not to give a live link direction under this section, it must—
(b)cause those reasons to be entered in the register of its proceedings.
57CUse of live link at preliminary hearings where accused is at police station(1)This section applies in relation to a preliminary hearing in a magistrates' court.
(2)Where subsection (3) or (4) applies to the accused, the court may give a live link direction in relation to his attendance at the preliminary hearing.
(3)This subsection applies to the accused if—
(a)he is in police detention at a police station in connection with the offence; and
(b)it appears to the court that he is likely to remain at that station in police detention until the beginning of the preliminary hearing.
(4)This subsection applies to the accused if he is at a police station in answer to live link bail in connection with the offence.
(5)A live link direction under this section is a direction requiring the accused to attend the preliminary hearing through a live link from the police station.
(6)But a direction given in relation to an accused to whom subsection (3) applies has no effect if he does not remain in police detention at the police station until the beginning of the preliminary hearing.
(7)A live link direction under this section may not be given unless the accused has given his consent to the court.
(8)A magistrates' court may rescind a live link direction under this section at any time before or during a hearing to which it relates.
(9)A magistrates' court may require or permit—
(a)the accused to give or withhold consent under subsection (7) through a live link; and
(b)any party to the proceedings who wishes to make representations in relation to the giving or rescission of a live link direction under this section to do so through a live link.
(10)Where a live link direction under this section is given in relation to an accused person who is answering to live link bail he is to be treated as having surrendered to the custody of the court (as from the time when the direction is given).
(11)In this section, “live link bail” means bail granted under Part 4 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 subject to the duty mentioned in section 47(3)(b) of that Act.”
57DContinued use of live link for sentencing hearing following a preliminary hearing(1)Subsection (2) applies where—
(a)a live link direction under section 57B or 57C is in force;
(b)the accused is attending a preliminary hearing through a live link by virtue of the direction;
(c)the court convicts him of the offence in the course of that hearing (whether by virtue of a guilty plea or an indication of an intention to plead guilty); and
(d)the court proposes to continue the hearing as a sentencing hearing in relation to the offence.
(2)The accused may continue to attend through the live link by virtue of the direction if—
(a)the hearing is continued as a sentencing hearing in relation to the offence;
(b)the accused consents to his continuing to attend through the live link; and
(c)the court is satisfied that it is not contrary to the interests of justice for him to do so.
(3)But the accused may not give oral evidence through the live link during a continued hearing under subsection (2) unless—
57EUse of live link in sentencing hearings(1)This section applies where the accused is convicted of the offence.
(2)If it appears to the court by or before which the accused is convicted that it is likely that he will be held in custody during any sentencing hearing for the offence, the court may give a live link direction under this section in relation to that hearing.
(4)Such a direction—
(5)The court may not give such a direction unless—
(6)The court may rescind such a direction at any time before or during a hearing to which it relates if it appears to the court to be in the interests of justice to do so (but this does not affect the court's power to give a further live link direction in relation to the offender).
(7)The offender may not give oral evidence while attending a hearing through a live link by virtue of this section unless—
(8)The court must—
(a)state in open court its reasons for refusing an application for, or for the rescission of, a live link direction under this section; and
(b)if it is a magistrates' court, cause those reasons to be entered in the register of its proceedings.”