Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2021-04-26
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Barry Ward (FG), Industrial and Commercial Panel

I move amendment No. 1:
In page 8, to delete lines 1 to 7 and substitute the following:
“(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the trial court shall, where—
(a) an accused is charged with a relevant offence, and
(b) the prosecution or the accused makes an application to the court for a preliminary trial hearing to be held,
hold such a preliminary trial hearing.”.
This amendment is essentially technical in nature. I do not know whether the Minister of State is minded to accept it. The question behind the amendment was, to a great extent, answered by the Minister on Second Stage. I was concerned that the provisions of section 6(2)(c) would prevent the holding of a second preliminary hearing. That was addressed by the Minister on Second Stage and I am happy to withdraw the amendment on that basis.

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