SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Minor and Consequential Amendments
Part I Amendments Relating to Part I
The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)
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In section 19 of that Act (in cases triable either way, court to begin by considering which mode of trial appears more suitable) the following subsection shall be added at the end—
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The power of the Director of Public Prosecutions under subsection (4) above to apply for an offence to be tried on indictment shall not be exercised except with the consent of the Attorney General.