(1)  This Part applies to a criminal process that is conducted in court and relates to a defendant who is the subject of a committal order or against whom an indictment has been filed.

(2)  The purpose of this Part is to –

(a) ascertain the plea of a defendant early in proceedings; and

(b) eliminate any lapse of time from the committal order to the final determination of a criminal process beyond that reasonably required for its fair and just determination; and

(c) enable all such orders to be made as are necessary to ready and expedite the criminal process leading up to the disposition of a matter.