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Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004

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Procedure where offences certified as suitable for summary trial

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4(1)This paragraph applies where—

(a)a person is admitted to bail; and

(b)a certificate is issued under subsection (1)(b) of section 67 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (offences suitable for summary trial) in relation to the scheduled offence or (if he is charged with more than one such offence) all of the scheduled offences with which he is charged.

(2)As regards any time after the issue of the certificate, that person shall be treated for all purposes as if—

(a)he had been admitted to bail (within the meaning of Part II of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1247 (N.I. 13)) by a magistrates' court, subject to the same conditions (if any) as those imposed under section 67 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11);

(b)any warrant for his arrest issued under paragraph 2(2) or (3) had been a warrant issued under Article 6(1) or (2) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003; and

(c)(in a case where he has been arrested under paragraph 2(4)) he had been arrested under Article 6(3) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.

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