# Crime and Disorder Act 1998, Paragraph 5


(1) In subsection (2) of section 2 of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933 (procedure for indictment of offenders)—
(a) after paragraph (ab) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(ac) the person charged has been sent for trial for the offence under section 51 (no committal proceedings for indictable-only offences) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”); or”; and
(b) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the words
“or
(c) the bill is preferred under section 22B(3)(a) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.”
(2) After paragraph (iA) of the proviso to that subsection there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(iB) in a case to which paragraph (ac) above applies, the bill of indictment may include, either in substitution for or in addition to any count charging an offence specified in the notice under section 51(7) of the 1998 Act, any counts founded on material which, in pursuance of regulations made under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to that Act, was served on the person charged, being counts which may be lawfully joined in the same indictment;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/37/schedule/8/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-disorder-act-1998/schedule-8/paragraph-5
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