Extent Information
E1Schedule 6 extends to England and Wales only except as mentioned in s. 102(4)-(6)
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 6 repealed (18.6.2012 for specified purposes, 5.11.2012 for specified purposes, 28.5.2013 for specified purposes) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 3 para. 62(3), Sch. 37 Pt. 4; S.I. 2012/1320, art. 4(1)(c)(d)(2)(3) (with art. 5); S.I. 2012/2574, art. 2(1)(c)(d)(2)(3), Sch. (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended (4.11.2012) by S.I. 2012/2761, art. 2) (with S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4); S.I. 2013/1103, art. 2(1)(c)(d)(2)(3) (with arts. 3, 4)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 6 wholly in force at 1.10.1992, see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
7(1)Where a notice of transfer has been given in relation to any case—E+W
(a)the Crown Court before which the case is to be tried; and
(b)any magistrates’ court which exercises any functions under paragraph 2 or 3 above or section 20(4) of the M1Legal Aid Act 1988 in relation to the case,
shall, in exercising any of its powers in relation to the case, have regard to the desirability of avoiding prejudice to the welfare of any relevant child witness that may be occasioned by unnecessary delay in bringing the case to trial.
(2)In this paragraph “child” has the same meaning as in section 53 of this Act and “relevant child witness” means a child who will be called as a witness at the trial and who is alleged—
(a)to be a person against whom an offence to which the notice of transfer relates was committed; or
(b)to have witnessed the commission of such an offence.]
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 6 wholly in force at 1.10.1992, see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
Marginal Citations