The following powers of a magistrates’ court for any area may be exercised by a single justice of the peace for that area, namely—
to extend bail or to impose or vary conditions of bail;
to mark an information as withdrawn;
to dismiss an information, or to discharge an accused in respect of an information, where no evidence is offered by the prosecution;
to make an order for the payment of defence costs out of central funds;
to request a pre-sentence report following a plea of guilty and, for that purpose, to give an indication of the seriousness of the offence;
to request a medical report and, for that purpose, to remand the accused in custody or on bail;
to remit an offender to another court for sentence;
where a person has been granted police bail to appear at a magistrates’ court, to appoint an earlier time for his appearance;
to extend, with the consent of the accused, a custody time limit or an overall time limit;
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where an accused has been convicted of an offence, to order him to produce his driving licence;
to give a direction prohibiting the publication of matters disclosed or exempted from disclosure in court;
to give, vary or revoke directions for the conduct of a trial, including directions as to the following matters, namely—
the timetable for the proceedings;
the attendance of the parties;
the service of documents (including summaries of any legal arguments relied on by the parties);
the manner in which evidence is to be given; and
to give, vary or revoke orders for separate or joint trials in the case of two or more accused or two or more informations.
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