27.—(1) In paragraph (2) of Article 47 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (NI 26) (period of remand in custody)—
(a)for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(a)in the case where—
(i)the accused is before the court and he consents, or
(ii)the court has previously remanded the accused in custody for the same offence; or
(iii)the accused is already detained under a custodial sentence, twenty-eight days;” ;
(b)for the words sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the words sub-paragraph (a)(iii).
(2) Paragraph (3) of that Article shall cease to have effect.