PART 3Miscellaneous

Direct committal for trial

57Direct committal for trial: indictable offence triable summarily

1

Section 9 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (cases where direct committal provisions may apply) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) for “either” substitute “ one ”.

3

In subsection (2) after paragraph (a) insert—

aa

that the offence is an indictable offence to which Article 45 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 or Article 17 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 applies; or