{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/schedule-3/paragraph-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/schedule-3/paragraph-59.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/44",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/59",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Coroners Act 1988 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 16 (adjournment of inquest in event of criminal proceedings)—\n(a) in subsection (1)(b), for “charged before examining justices with” there is substituted “ sent for trial for ”, and\n(b) for subsection (8) there is substituted—\n“(8) In this section, the “relevant criminal proceedings” means the proceedings—\n(a) before a magistrates' court to determine whether the person charged is to be sent to the Crown Court for trial; or\n(b) before any court to which that person is sent for trial.”\n(3) In section 17 (provisions supplementary to section 16)—\n(a) in subsection (2), for “committed” there is substituted “ sent ”, and\n(b) in subsection (3)(b), for “committed” there is substituted “ sent ”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 59 partly in force; Sch. 3 para. 59 not in force at Royal Assent, see. s. 336(3); Sch. 3 para. 59 in force for certain purposes at 9.5.2005 by S.I. 2005/1267, art. 2, Sch. para. 1(1)(n); Sch. 3 para. 59 in force at 18.6.2012 for specified purposes by S.I. 2012/1320, art. 4(1)(c)(2)(3) (with art. 5) (see S.I. 2012/2574, art. 4(2) and S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 59 in force at 5.11.2012 for specified purposes by S.I. 2012/2574, art. 2(1)(c)(2)(3), Sch. (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended (4.11.2012) by S.I. 2012/2761, art. 2) (with S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 59 in force at 28.5.2013 for specified purposes by S.I. 2013/1103, art. 2(1)(c)(2)(3) (with arts. 3, 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2008/4",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2009/25",
      "affecting_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/schedule/3/paragraph/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:34:27.767865+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."
}