Paragraph 1 Functions exercisable by any authorised court officer

An authorised court officer may—

(a)

fix, cancel or vary the date, time or place for a hearing, including a trial, or adjourn a hearing;

(b)

adjourn, remit or transfer proceedings from one local justice area to another;

(c)

determine an application to extend a time limit set by a rule or by the court, unless the effect would be—

(i)

to affect the date of any hearing that has been fixed, including a trial; or

(ii)

significantly to affect the progress of the case in any other way;

(d)

issue a summons at the request of a public authority;

(e)

give a complainant permission to withdraw a case;

(f)

fix the date, time and place of a hearing;

(g)

amend the local justice area or responsible officer named in an order of the court;

(h)

grant bail and remand the defendant where the defendant has previously been remanded on bail in the proceedings;

(i)

state a case for the opinion of the High Court where the decision under appeal was made by an authorised court officer;

(j)

authorise the inspection of court records pursuant to rule 66(12) of the Magistrates’ Courts Rules 1981^f1;

(k)

endorse process for service in Scotland or Northern Ireland.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 1981/552. Rule 66(12) was amended by S.I. 1992/709, article 2(1) and (3) and Schedule 1.