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".