Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

SCHEDULE 4 Transfer for Trial

Part II Consequential Amendments

Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34.)

68 In section 21 of the 1988 Act (availability of criminal legal aid)—

(a) in subsection (3)(a), for the words from “a person” to “his” there shall be substituted the words “proceedings against a person who is charged with murder are transferred to the Crown Court for trial, for that person's”; and

(b) in subsection (4), for the word “commits” there shall be substituted the words “transfers the proceedings against”.