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As published
49 Powers of magistrates’ courts exercisable by single justice etc.
(1) The following powers of a magistrates’ court for any area may be exercised by a single justice of the peace for that area, namely—
(a) to extend bail or to impose or vary conditions of bail;
(b) to mark an information as withdrawn;
(c) to dismiss an information, or to discharge an accused in respect of an information, where no evidence is offered by the prosecution;
(d) to make an order for the payment of defence costs out of central funds;
(e) to request a pre-sentence report following a plea of guilty and, for that purpose, to give an indication of the seriousness of the offence;
(f) to request a medical report and, for that purpose, to remand the accused in custody or on bail;
(g) to remit an offender to another court for sentence;
(h) where a person has been granted police bail to appear at a magistrates’ court, to appoint an earlier time for his appearance;
(i) to extend, with the consent of the accused, a custody time limit or an overall time limit;
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(k) where an accused has been convicted of an offence, to order him to produce his driving licence;
(l) to give a direction prohibiting the publication of matters disclosed or exempted from disclosure in court;
(m) to give, vary or revoke directions for the conduct of a trial, including directions as to the following matters, namely—
(i) the timetable for the proceedings;
(ii) the attendance of the parties;
(iii) the service of documents (including summaries of any legal arguments relied on by the parties);
(iv) the manner in which evidence is to be given; and
(n) to give, vary or revoke orders for separate or joint trials in the case of two or more accused or two or more informations.
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Your change, as a redline
49 Powers of magistrates’ courts exercisable by single justice etc.
(1) The following powers of a magistrates’ court for any area may be exercised by a single justice of the peace for that area, namely—
(a) to extend bail or to impose or vary conditions of bail;
(b) to mark an information as withdrawn;
(c) to dismiss an information, or to discharge an accused in respect of an information, where no evidence is offered by the prosecution;
(d) to make an order for the payment of defence costs out of central funds;
(e) to request a pre-sentence report following a plea of guilty and, for that purpose, to give an indication of the seriousness of the offence;
(f) to request a medical report and, for that purpose, to remand the accused in custody or on bail;
(g) to remit an offender to another court for sentence;
(h) where a person has been granted police bail to appear at a magistrates’ court, to appoint an earlier time for his appearance;
(i) to extend, with the consent of the accused, a custody time limit or an overall time limit;
(j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(k) where an accused has been convicted of an offence, to order him to produce his driving licence;
(l) to give a direction prohibiting the publication of matters disclosed or exempted from disclosure in court;
(m) to give, vary or revoke directions for the conduct of a trial, including directions as to the following matters, namely—
(i) the timetable for the proceedings;
(ii) the attendance of the parties;
(iii) the service of documents (including summaries of any legal arguments relied on by the parties);
(iv) the manner in which evidence is to be given; and
(n) to give, vary or revoke orders for separate or joint trials in the case of two or more accused or two or more informations.
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