§ Amendments made: No. 70, in page 62, line 22, at end insert—
§ '5A. In section (Time limits: transitional) (1) for "the bill of indictment is preferred" substitute "the indictment is presented".'
§ No. 20, in page 64, line 35, leave out from beginning to end of line 43 and insert—
§ '(8) This section applies where a notice of transfer is given under Article 3 of the 1988 Order or Article 4 of the 1995 Order (as the case may be) on or after the appointed day".
§ 17A. In section (War crimes: abolition of transfer procedure) for subsections (1) and (2) substitute—
§ "(1) Part II of the Schedule to the War Crimes Act 1991 and section 1 (4) of that Act so far as relating thereto (transfer procedure in Northern Ireland in cases of war crimes) shall cease to have effect.
§ (2) In Article 29(2) of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (free legal aid in Crown Court) sub-paragraph (d) (which relates to a notice of transfer under Part II of the Schedule to the War Crimes Act 1991) shall cease to have effect." '.
§ No. 21, in page 67, line 7, leave out
§ 'Summons to witness to attend Crown Court'
§ and insert
§ 'Issue of witness summons on application to Crown Court'.
§ No. 22, in page 67, line 22, after 'issued' insert 'under this section'.
§ No. 23, in page 67, line 22, leave out
§ 'by a party to the case'.
§ No. 24, in page 67, line 42, at end insert—
§ '(aa) may, in such cases as the rules may specify, require an application to be made by a party to the case;'.
§ No. 25, in page 67, line 52, after 'hearing' insert
§ 'of the application for the witness summons'.
§ No. 26, in page 68, line 21, after 'summons' insert
§ 'which is issued under section 51A and'.
§ No. 27, in page 69, line 39, at end insert—
§ 'Issue of witness summons of Crown Court's own motion
§ 5IDA. For the purpose of any criminal proceedings before it, the Crown Court may of its own motion issue a summons (a witness summons) directed to a person and requiring him to—
- (a) attend before the court at the time and place stated in the summons; and
- (b) give evidence or produce any document or thing specified in the summons.