SCHEDULE 7MODIFICATIONS OF ENACTMENTS

The 1995 Act

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In section 146 (plea of not guilty), in subsection (3A)—

a

for paragraph (a) substitute—

a

that his case at, or for the purposes of, any relevant hearing (within the meaning of section 288C(1A)) in the course of the proceedings may be conducted only by a lawyer,

b

in paragraph (c), for the words “his defence at the trial” substitute “ the conduct of his case at, or for the purposes of, the hearing ”.