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(1) The scope of the Bill and the

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schedule of specified offences:

The Administration has accepted that

definition of Complex Commercial Crime should not be formulated by reference to a schedule of offences but rather it should be defined in relation to whether a case of fraud or dishonesty in the commercial context is involved.

Judicial descretion in

ordering special procedures:

In the White Bill,only the Attorney General was given the power to decide whether a case falls within the ambit of the new legislation. That was thought to be undesirable. The judge is now given the discretion to decide whether, having regard to the nature of a case, there will be a need to hold a preparaty hearing before the jury is empanelled.

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The extent of the obligation

of the defence to disclose its case:

The orginal proposal contained in the white Bill was for the defense to supply a written outline of the defence case in response to each of the principal facts in the prosecution case specifying the principal facts upon which the defence case is based. This document is called s view was

the defence case outline. The Group'

that the scope of such a provision was too wide and should be narrowed down. This was accepted by the Administration and the defence case

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