§ '.—(1) Section 1 of the Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965 (examining justices to order witness to attend and give evidence before Crown Court) shall be omitted.
§ (2) In that Act the following words shall be omitted—
- (a) in section 3(1) the words "witness order or";
- (b) in section 4(1) the words "witness order or" and (where they next occur) "order or";
- (c) in the proviso to section 4(1) the words from "in the case" (where they first occur) to "witness summons";
- (d) in section 4(2) the words "a witness order or" and (where they next occur) "order or".
§ (3) In section 145 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (rules) subsection (1)(e) (which relates to witness orders) shall be omitted.
§ (4) This section shall have effect in accordance with provision made by the Secretary of State by order.'—[Mr. Kirkhope.]
§ Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.