Paragraph 1 I1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 3 para. 5(2) word inserted by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 Sch. 2 para. 15(4)(b)(iv)
Sch. 3 heading words substituted by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 Sch. 2 para. 15(4)(a)
Sch. 3 para. 1 word inserted by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 Sch. 2 para. 15(4)(b)(i)
Sch. 3 para. 2(1) word inserted by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 Sch. 2 para. 15(4)(b)(ii)
Sch. 3 para. 4(1)(a) word inserted by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 Sch. 2 para. 15(4)(b)(iii)
Sch. 3 para. 6(1) word inserted by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 Sch. 2 para. 15(4)(b)(v)
Sch. 3 para. 3(11A) inserted by Criminal Justice Act 2003 Sch. 3 para. 71(d)

The Attorney General shall by regulations provide that, where a person is sent for trial under section 51 F1or 51A of this Act on any charge or charges, copies of the documents containing the evidence on which the charge or charges are based shall, F2. . .—

(a)

be served on that person; and

(b)

be given to the Crown Court sitting at the place specified in the notice under F3section 51D(1) of this Act F4before the expiry of the period prescribed by the regulations; but the judge may at his discretion extend or further extend that period..

F5(2)

The regulations may make provision as to the procedure to be followed on an application for the extension or further extension of a period under sub-paragraph (1) above.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (18.5.2012) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 3 para. 20(2)(a); S.I. 2012/1320, art. 2(b)(ii) (with art. 6(1))
F2: Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 repealed (27.9.1999) by virtue of 1999 c. 22, ss. 67(1)(a), 106, 108(3)(b)(f), Sch. 15 Pt. III (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 1999/2657, art. 2(d)(iii)
F3: Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 substituted (18.5.2012) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 3 para. 20(2)(b); S.I. 2012/1320, art. 2(b)(ii) (with art. 6(1))
F4: Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (27.9.1999) by virtue of 1999 c. 22, ss. 67(1)(a), 108(3)(b) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2))
F5: Sch. 3 para. 1(2) substituted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 67(1)(b), 108(3)(b) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2))

Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 1 wholly in force; Sch. 3 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 121. In force at 30.9.1998 for certain purposes by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1) (subject to savings in arts. 5-8) Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 4.1.1999 for the purpose of sending any person for trial under s. 51 from any area specified in Sch. 2 of the said S.I. by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 4(2); Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 15.1.2001 to the extent that it is not already in force by S.I. 2000/3283, art. 2 (subject to transitional provisions in art. 3)