(a)is specified in the Second Schedule; and
Section history
Section 159 — When criminal case disclosure procedures apply
As in force on 31 December 2021.
The text below is this provision as reproduced in the Revised Edition that came into force on this date. A revised edition consolidates the law without changing its substance, so editorial amendments — such as renumbering, updated citations and formatting — may have been made but are not shown as a redline.
(1)Subject to subsection (2), the criminal case disclosure procedures apply to an offence which ––
(b)is to be tried in a District Court.
(2)The criminal case disclosure procedures do not apply if the defence, on or before the date of the first criminal case disclosure conference fixed by a court under section 161(1), or such other date to which the first criminal case disclosure conference is adjourned under section 238, informs the court that the accused does not wish to have the criminal case disclosure procedures apply.
(3)For any offence other than an offence mentioned in subsection (1), the criminal case disclosure procedures do not apply unless all parties consent to have the procedures apply.