Clause 61

by deleting the words “the accused has been committed to stand trial in the High Court under Division 2 of Part X for the offence, and” in subsection (3); and

by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:“(4) Where a case is transmitted for trial in the High Court under Division 5 of Part X, the court may order the parties to the case to attend a criminal case disclosure conference for the purpose of settling the matters mentioned in section 212, and the criminal case disclosure procedures in Division 5 of Part X apply, with the necessary modifications, in relation to the case, if —

either of the following applies:

the accused is charged with an offence mentioned in section 211A(1);

the accused is charged with any other offence that is to be tried in the High Court, and all parties consent to have those procedures apply to that offence;

a date is fixed for a plea of guilty to be taken from the accused; and

on that date, the accused refuses to plead, does not plead or claims trial.”.