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(1)Any requirement whereby at a trial on indictment it is obligatory for the court to give the jury a warning about convicting the accused on the uncorroborated evidence of a person merely because that person is—
(a)an alleged accomplice of the accused, or
(b)where the offence charged is a sexual offence, the person in respect of whom it is alleged to have been committed,
is hereby abrogated.
(2)In section 34(2) of the [1988 c. 33.] Criminal Justice Act 1988 (abolition of requirement of corroboration warning in respect of evidence of a child) the words from “in relation to” to the end shall be omitted.
(3)Any requirement that—
(a)is applicable at the summary trial of a person for an offence, and
(b)corresponds to the requirement mentioned in subsection (1) above or that mentioned in section 34(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988,
is hereby abrogated.
(4)Nothing in this section applies in relation to—
(a)any trial, or
(b)any proceedings before a magistrates' court as examining justices,
which began before the commencement of this section.
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