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64(1)The 1987 Act shall be amended as follows.
(2)In section 4(1) (notices of transfer in serious fraud cases)—
(a)in paragraph (b)(i), for the words from “person” to “trial” there shall be substituted the words “proceedings against the person charged to be transferred for trial”; and
(b)in paragraph (c), for the words from the beginning to “justices” there shall be substituted the words “not later than the time at which the authority would be required to serve a notice of the prosecution case under section 5 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980,”.
(3)In section 5 (procedure for notices of transfer)—
(a)in subsection (9)(a), for the words “a statement of the evidence” there shall be substituted the words “copies of the documents containing the evidence (including oral evidence)”; and
(b)after subsection (9) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(9A)Regulations under subsection (9)(a) above may provide that there shall be no requirement for copies of any documents referred to in the documents sent with the notice of transfer as having already been supplied to accompany the copy of the notice of the transfer.”.
(4)In section 6(5) (applications for dismissal), for the words from “a refusal” to the end there shall be substituted the words “the dismissal of a charge or charges against an accused under section 6 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980.”.
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