New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 262

262 Procedure for dealing with offences if election made

(1) An indictable offence listed in Table 1 or 2 to Schedule 1 is, if an election is made in accordance with this Chapter, to be dealt with on indictment in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Act and any other relevant law.

(2) If an election is made in accordance with this Chapter and the person charged with the offence pleads guilty to the offence before the Local Court and the Court accepts the plea, the offence is to be dealt with in accordance with Part 2 of Chapter 3 as if the person charged had pleaded guilty under that Part to the offence.