Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. VII (ss. 65-113): for the duration of Pt. VII see ss. 112, 113 by virtue of 2000 c. 11, ss. 112(1)(4), 128
Pt. VII (ss. 65-113) continued ( temp. from 19.2.2002 until 18.2.2003) by S.I. 2002/365, art. 2
Pt. VII (ss. 65-113) continued (temp. from 19.2.2003 until 18.2.2004) by The Terrorism Act 2000 (Continuance of Part VII) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/427), art. 2
Pt. VII (ss. 65-113) continued (temp. from 19.2.2004 until 18.2.2005) by The Terrorism Act 2000 (Continuance of Part VII) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/431), art. 2
Pt. VII (ss. 65-113) continued (temp. from 19.2.2005 until 18.2.2006) by The Terrorism Act 2000 (Continuance of Part VII) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/350), art. 2
Pt. VII (except s. 78) continued (temp. from 19.2.2006 until 31.7.2007) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), s. 1(1)(2)
Pt. VII: power to continue specified provisions conferred (19.2.2006) by Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 4), ss. {1(3)}, 2(1)(2)
C2Pt. VII: saving (at the end of 31.7.2007 in accordance with art. 1(3)) for effect of Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (c. 6), s. 1(2)(b) with transitional provisions and savings in The Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2259), arts. 3, 5, Sch.
(1)A trial on indictment of a scheduled offence shall be held only at the Crown Court sitting in Belfast, unless [F1the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland directs that]—
(a)F2. . . the trial, or a class of trials within which it falls, shall be held at the Crown Court sitting elsewhere, or
(b)F3. . . the trial, or part of it, shall be held at the Crown Court sitting elsewhere.
[F4(1A)The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under subsection (1)—
(a)the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;
(b)a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).]
(2)A person committed for trial for a scheduled offence, or for two or more offences at least one of which is a scheduled offence, shall be committed—
(a)to the Crown Court sitting in Belfast, or
(b)where a direction has been given under subsection (1) which concerns the trial, to the Crown Court sitting at the place specified in the direction;
and section 48 of the M1Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (committal for trial on indictment) shall have effect accordingly.
(3)Where—
(a)a person is committed for trial to the Crown Court sitting in Belfast in accordance with subsection (2), and
(b)a direction is subsequently given under subsection (1), before the commencement of the trial, altering the place of trial,
the person shall be treated as having been committed for trial to the Crown Court sitting at the place specified in the direction.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 74(1) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15(1), Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 288(2)(a); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F2Words in s. 74(1)(a) repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 146, Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 288(2)(b), Sch. 18 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F3Words in s. 74(1)(b) repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 146, Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 288(2)(c), Sch. 18 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F4S. 74(1A) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15(1), Sch. 4 Pt. 1 para. 288(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
Marginal Citations