Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996

22 (1) Section 46 of the [1972 c. 71.] Criminal Justice Act 1972 (written statements made outside England and Wales) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) the following words shall be omitted—

(a) “Section 102 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 and”;

(b) “which respectively allow”;

(c) “committal proceedings and in other”;

(d) “and section 106 of the said Act of 1980”;

(e) “which punish the making of”;

(f) “102 or”;

(g) “, as the case may be”.

(3) The following subsections shall be inserted after subsection (1)—

“(1A) The following provisions, namely—

(a) so much of section 5A of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 as relates to written statements and to documents or other exhibits referred to in them,

(b) section 5B of that Act, and

(c) section 106 of that Act,

shall apply where written statements are made in Scotland or Northern Ireland as well as where written statements are made in England and Wales.

(1B) The following provisions, namely—

(a) so much of section 5A of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 as relates to written statements and to documents or other exhibits referred to in them, and

(b) section 5B of that Act,

shall (subject to subsection (1C) below) apply where written statements are made outside the United Kingdom.

(1C) Where written statements are made outside the United Kingdom—

(a) section 5B of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 shall apply with the omission of subsections (2)(b) and (3A);

(b) paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (use of written statements at trial) shall not apply.”

(4) Subsection (2) shall be omitted.