ABSTRACT
A magistrates’ court committing a person for trial shall specify the place at which he is to be tried, and in selecting that place shall have regard to:
(a) the convenience of the defence, the prosecution and the witnesses;
(b) the expediting of the trial; and
(c) any direction given by or on behalf of the Lord Chief Justice with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor under section 4(5) of the Courts Act 1971.
