Commentary on Sections Trial by single justice on the papers Section 47: Instituting proceedings: further provision
424.Section 47 amends section 30 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to ensure that Criminal Procedure Rules can make provision relating to the single justice procedure notice where they can already make provision relating to requisitions.
425.Subsection (4)(b) inserts a new section 30(5)(c) into the 2003 Act. This provides that references to “a summons” under section 1 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 are to be read as including a reference to the single justice procedure notice so that legislation applying to “summons” under section 1 of the 1980 Act will apply as necessary to the single justice procedure notice.