PART 2COMMITTAL FOR TRIAL
CHAPTER 2DIRECT COMMITTAL FOR TRIAL IN CERTAIN CASES
Direct committal for trial: specified offences
11Direct committal: specified offences
1
Where—
a
this Chapter applies in relation to an accused charged with an offence, and
b
the offence is a specified offence,
the court shall forthwith commit the accused to the Crown Court for trial for the offence (and accordingly shall not conduct committal proceedings in relation to that offence).
2
Where the court commits an accused for trial for an offence under this section, the functions of the court then cease in relation to that offence, except as provided by—
a
section 13; or
b
Article 29(2)(a) of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 or any regulations under Article 26(3) of the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.
3
For the purposes of this Chapter a specified offence is—
a
murder;
b
manslaughter;
c
an offence—
i
of aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring or inciting the commission of an offence specified above;
ii
of conspiring to commit an offence so specified;
iii
of attempting to commit an offence so specified;
iv
under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (encouraging or assisting crime) in relation to an offence specified above.
4
The Department may by order amend subsection (3).