Criminal Procedure Act 2010

Interpretation.

2.— (1) In this Act unless the context otherwise requires—

“Act of 1962” means the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962 ;

“Act of 1967” means the Criminal Procedure Act 1967 ;

“Act of 1993” means the Criminal Justice Act 1993 ;

“broadcast” has the meaning it has in section 2 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 ;

“children detention school” has the meaning it has in section 3 (1) of the Children Act 2001 ;

“Director” means the Director of Public Prosecutions;

“legal aid (Supreme Court) certificate” has the meaning it has in the Act of 1962;

“legal aid (trial on indictment) certificate” has the meaning it has in the Act of 1962;

“Minister” means the Minister for Justice and Law Reform;

“prison” has the meaning it has in section 2 of the Prisons Act 2007 ;

“publication” means publication, other than by way of broadcast, to the public or a portion of the public.

(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, references to—

(a) a jury shall, in relation to proceedings conducted before a court sitting without a jury, be construed as references to that court, and

(b) a person being sent forward for trial include, where appropriate, references to such a person being sent or being sent forward for trial to, or charged before, a Special Criminal Court.