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Crown Court hearings in chambers

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16.11.—(1) The criminal jurisdiction of the Crown Court specified in the following paragraph may be exercised by a judge of the Crown Court sitting in chambers.

(2) The said jurisdiction is—

(a)hearing applications for bail;

(b)issuing a summons or warrant;

(c)hearing any application relating to procedural matters preliminary or incidental to criminal proceedings in the Crown Court, including applications relating to legal aid;

(d)jurisdiction under rules 12.2 (listing first appearance of accused sent for trial), 28.3 (application for witness summons), 63.2(5) (extending time for appeal against decision of magistrates' court), and 64.7 (application to state case for consideration of High Court);

(e)hearing an application under section 41(2) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (evidence of complainant’s previous sexual history);

(f)hearing applications under section 22(3) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985(1) (extension or further extension of custody time limit imposed by regulations made under section 22(1) of that Act);

(g)hearing an appeal brought by an accused under section 22(7) of the 1985 Act against a decision of a magistrates' court to extend, or further extend, such a time limit, or brought by the prosecution under section 22(8) of the same Act against a decision of a magistrates' court to refuse to extend, or further extend, such a time limit;

(h)hearing appeals under section 1 of the Bail (Amendment) Act 1993(2) (against grant of bail by magistrates' court); and

(i)hearing appeals under section 16 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003(3) (against condition of bail imposed by magistrates' court).

[Note. Formerly rule 27 of the Crown Court Rules 1982. As to hearing restraint and receivership proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002(4) in chambers see rule 61.4.]

(1)

1985 c. 23; section 22(3), (7) and (8) was amended by section 43 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37).

(2)

1993 c. 26; section 1 was amended by section 200 and 220 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Extradition Act 2003 (c. 41), and is further amended by section 18 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) with effect from a date to be appointed.

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