§ AMENDMENTS OF MAGISTRATES' COURTS ACT 1980 RELATING TO REMANDS IN CUSTODY
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Lords amendment: No 216, in page 76, line 21, at end insert
(whether present in court or not)
§ Mr. MayhewI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
The purpose of this amendment is to put it beyond doubt that a defendant's solicitor need not be present in court when the magistrates remand a defendant in his absence.
§ Question put and agreed to.