{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-jurisdiction-act-1975/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-jurisdiction-act-1975/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/59",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-jurisdiction-act-1975",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) If the indictment was presented before the coming into force of paragraph 1 of this Schedule, sections 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the said Act of 1973 shall not apply to the trial of the indictment.\n(3) If an offence becomes a scheduled offence on the date of the coming into force of paragraph 1 of this Schedule, and the indictment has not been presented then on that date any committal for trial of the offence by a county court or by a court of assize other than the Belfast City Commission shall be treated as a committal to that Commission.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 paras. 1,2(1), 3 repealed by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (c. 5), Sch. 6 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) (Amendment) Act 1975 (c. 62), s. 6(2) (b) (3) except as they apply to a trial on indictment where the accused was committed to the Belfast Recorder's Court before 21.8.1975"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/59/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:36:36.790193+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}