134Purpose

134 Purpose

134 Purpose

(1) The purpose of this Division is to reduce delays in proceedings on indictment by—

(a) requiring certain pre-trial disclosure by the prosecution and the defence, and

(b) enabling the court to undertake case management where suitable in those proceedings, whether on its own motion or on application by a party to the proceedings.

(2) Case management measures that are available to the court under this Division include the ordering of pre-trial hearings, pre-trial conferences and further pre-trial disclosure. The court has a discretion in determining which (if any) of those measures are suitable in the proceedings concerned.

s 134 (previously s 47A): Renumbered 2001 No 119, Sch 1 [61]. Subst 2009 No 112, Sch 1 [4].