Section 50B of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:

(2)  A clerk of petty sessions may, subject to any directions issued by the Chief Magistrate, adjourn any proceedings set down for hearing by a justice or justices in the clerk's district to another court if a written consent to the adjournment, signed by the parties to the proceedings or their attorneys or agents, is lodged with the clerk before the date of the hearing.