Criminal Justice Act, 1999

Amendment of Act of 1984.

16.—(1) Sections 18(1) and 19(1) of the Act of 1984 are hereby amended by the substitution of “in determining whether a charge should be dismissed under Part IA of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 ” for “in determining whether to send forward the accused for trial”.

(2) Sections 18(2) and 19(2) of the Act of 1984 are hereby amended by the substitution of “, in relation to the hearing of an application under Part IA of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 , for the dismissal of a charge,” for “, in relation to the preliminary examination of a charge,”.

(3) Section 20 of the Act of 1984 is hereby amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6):

“(6) A notice under subsection (1) or under paragraph (c) or (d) of subsection (2) shall be given in writing to the solicitor for the prosecution.”,

(b) in subsection (8) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a) of the definition of “prescribed period”:

“(a) the period of fourteen days after the date the accused is, in accordance with section 4B(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 , served with the documents referred to in that section, or”,

(c) in subsection (8) by the deletion of paragraph (b) of the definition of “prescribed period”, and

(d) in subsection (8) by the substitution of the following for paragraph (c) of the definition of “prescribed period”:

“(c) where the accused, on being sent forward for sentence, changes his plea to not guilty, the period of fourteen days after the accused is, in accordance with section 13 (4)(b) of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 , served with the documents referred to in section 4B(1) of that Act, or”.

(4) Section 21(1) of the Act of 1984 is hereby amended by the substitution of “, other than the hearing of an application under Part IA of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 , for the dismissal of a charge,” for “, other than the preliminary examination of an indictable offence,”.