# Criminal Justice Act 2003, Paragraph 71


(1) Section 39 (meaning of pre-trial hearing) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (3)—
(a) for “when a jury is sworn” there is substituted “ at the time when a jury is sworn ”,
(b) for “a jury is sworn” there is substituted “ the time when a jury is sworn ”.
(3) After that subsection there is inserted—
“(4) The references in subsection (3) to the time when a jury is sworn include the time when that jury would be sworn but for the making of an order under Part 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/schedule/36/paragraph/71 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/schedule-36/paragraph-71
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