Criminal Procedure Act 1986 No 209
Current version for 13 May 2013 to date (accessed 21 May 2013 at 02:05)

134   Purpose

(1)  The purpose of this Division is to reduce delays in proceedings on indictment by:
(a)  requiring certain pre-trial disclosure by the prosecution and the defence, and
(b)  enabling the court to undertake case management where suitable in those proceedings, whether on its own motion or on application by a party to the proceedings.
(2)  Case management measures that are available to the court under this Division include the ordering of pre-trial hearings, pre-trial conferences and further pre-trial disclosure. The court has a discretion in determining which (if any) of those measures are suitable in the proceedings concerned.
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