# Criminal Justice (Committal Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, Paragraph 8

Extent: N.I.

(1) The following provisions are repealed—
(a) in Article 2(3), in the definition of “summary proceeding”, the words “a preliminary investigation or” and “investigation or”;
(b) in Article 16(1)(a) the words “or a preliminary investigation”;
(c) Article 31.
(2) In Article 32(1) for the words from the beginning to “together with” in sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
“(1) Where a preliminary inquiry into an indictable offence is to be heldby a magistrates’ court, the prosecution shall—
(a) send”.
(3) The following provisions are repealed—
(a) in Article 32(1)(b) the words “a copy of that notice together with”;
(b) Article 32(3) and (4)(a);
(c) in Article 33(1) the words “to the like extent as oral evidence to the like effect by that person”;
(d) in Article 35 the words “a preliminary investigation or” and “investigation or”;
(e) Article 37(1);
(f) in Article 37(5) the words “investigation or”;
(g) in Article 39(1) the words “investigation or”;
(h) in Article 42(1) the words from “or the deposition taken” to “on his behalf,”;
(i) in Article 42(3) the words “(other than a statement which is to be disregarded under Article 34(2))”;
(j) in Article 44(1) and (2) the words “investigation or”;
(k) in Article 46(1) the words “whether any evidence shall then have been given or not”;
(l) in Article 46(2) the words “depositions shall be taken or, as the case may require,”;
(m) in Schedule 4 in paragraphs 1 and 3 the words “the preliminary investigation or”;
(n) in Schedule 5, paragraph 3.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2022/4/schedule/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-committal-reform-act-northern-ireland-2022/schedule/paragraph-8
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