A magistrates' court has jurisdiction to try any summary offence.
A magistrates' court has jurisdiction under sections 51 and 51A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in respect of any offence committed by a person who appears or is brought before the court.
Subject to—
sections 18 to 22A , and
any other enactment (wherever contained) relating to the mode of trial of offences triable either way,
a magistrates' court has jurisdiction to try summarily any offence which is triable either way.
A magistrates' court has jurisdiction, in the exercise of its powers under section 24, to try summarily an indictable offence.
This section does not affect any jurisdiction over offences conferred on a magistrates' court by any enactment not contained in this Act.