http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/45/section/64Criminal Law Act 1977An Act to amend the law of England and Wales with respect to criminal conspiracy; to make new provision in that law, in place of the provisions of the common law and the Statutes of Forcible Entry, for restricting the use or threat of violence for securing entry into any premises and for penalising unauthorised entry or remaining on premises in certain circumstances; otherwise to amend the criminal law, including the law with respect to the administration of criminal justice; to provide for the alteration of certain pecuniary and other limits; to amend section 9(4) of the Administration of Justice Act 1973, the Legal Aid Act 1974, the Rabies Act 1974 and the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 and the law about juries and coroners’ inquests; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2020-12-31 Criminal Law Act 1977s. 38A(5)(ia)Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000Sch. 7 para. 55Criminal Law Act 1977s. 38B(5)(a)Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000Sch. 7 para. 56Criminal Law Act 1977Blanket amendmentThe Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011art. 3 4art. 3(2)art. 3(3) 4(2) 6(4)(5)art. 2 Part VI 641In this Act . . . —a“indictable offence” means an offence which, if committed by an adult, is triable on indictment, whether it is exclusively so triable or triable either way;b“summary offence” means an offence which, if committed by an adult, is triable only summarily;c“offence triable either way” means an offence which, if committed by an adult, is triable either on indictment or summarily;and the terms “indictable”, “summary” and “triable either way”, in their application to offences, shall be construed accordingly.2In the definitions in subsection (1) above references to the way or ways in which an offence is triable are to be construed without regard to the effect, if any, of section 22 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (cases where value involved is small) on the mode of trial.S. 64(1) extended (N.I.) by Finance Act 1983 (c. 28), Sch. 9 para. 1(1)Words repealed by Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), Sch. 3Words substituted by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 7 para. 152