1(1)The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 2 of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933 (procedures for indictment of offenders)—.
“(aa)the offence is specified in a notice of transfer under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (serious and complex fraud); or”.
(2)The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (i) of the proviso to that subsection—
“(iA)in a case to which paragraph (aa) above applies, the bill of indictment may include, either in substitution for or in addition to any count charging an offence specified in the notice of transfer, any counts founded on evidence set out in the statement of evidence that was included in or accompanied that notice, in pursuance of regulations under section 5(9) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987, being counts which may lawfully be joined in the same indictment;”.