[17ZB Proceedings following written indication of guilty plea]
Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (1980 c 43) | Legislation

[17ZB  Proceedings following written indication of guilty plea]

[(1)     This section has effect (subject to section 17ZA(11)) in relation to a case where a person has given a written indication of a guilty plea (see section 17ZA(13)).

(2)     But Criminal Procedure Rules may make provision about circumstances in which subsections (3) to (8) do not have effect.

(3)     A magistrates' court may consider whether the condition set out in subsection (4) is met.

(4)     The condition is that the court can, on the material before it (without any hearing or representations), be satisfied that it is highly likely that, were the accused to plead guilty at a summary trial of the offence in question and be convicted, the court would commit the accused to the Crown Court for sentence under Chapter 2

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