Northern Territory Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (COMMITTALS REFORM) ACT 2010 (NO 31 OF 2010) - SECT 14

(1)     Section 122A, before "If it"

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    (1)    

(2)     Section 122A(1)

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Court, the Court may conduct a preliminary examination under this Part in relation to the offence.

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Court:

    (a)     the Court may discontinue the summary proceedings; and

    (b)     the Magistrate who constituted the Court may continue the proceedings as a preliminary examination.

(3)     After section 122A(1)

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    (2)     A Magistrate who continues proceedings under subsection (1)(b) may, having regard to the stage reached in the summary proceedings, do any or all of the following:

    (a)     dispense with the requirement for a committal brief to be served;

    (b)     grant leave for witnesses to give oral evidence-in-chief or be cross-examined without requiring compliance with sections 105G to 105K;

    (c)     otherwise dispense with or modify the requirements of Division 1 to the extent to which the Magistrate considers appropriate to facilitate the proceedings being conducted fairly, efficiently, economically and expeditiously.