10In section 76 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (alteration by Crown Court of place of trial)—
(a)in subsection (1), after the word "or", in the second place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words "by substituting some other place for the place specified in a notice under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (notices of transfer from magistrates' court to Crown Court) or by varying";
(b)after subsection (2), there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(2A). Where a preparatory hearing has been ordered under section 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987, directions altering the place of trial may be given under subsection (1) at any time before the jury are sworn”; and
(c)in subsection (3), for the word "or", in the second place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the words "as specified in a notice under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 or as fixed".
11In section 77(1) of that Act (by virtue of which Crown Court Rules are required to prescribe the minimum and maximum period which may elapse between a person's committal for trial and the beginning of the trial) after the word "trial", in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words "or the giving of a notice of transfer under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987".
12In section 81(1 )(a) of that Act (power of Crown Court to grant bail to any person committed in custody for appearance before the Crown Court) after the word "Court" there shall be inserted the words "or in relation to whose case a notice of transfer has been given under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987".