Amendment made: No. 948, in

clause 52, page 33, line 23, leave out subsection (4) and insert—

'(4) Where a ruling relates to two or more offences—

(a) any one or more of those offences may be the subject of the appeal, and

(b) if the prosecution informs the court in accordance with subsection (2) that it intends to appeal, it must at the same time inform the court of the offence or offences which are the subject of the appeal.

(5) The prosecution may not inform the court in accordance with subsection (2) that it intends to appeal unless, at or before that time, it informs the court that it agrees that, in respect of the offence or each offence which is the subject of the appeal, the defendant in relation to the offence should be acquitted of the offence if either of the conditions mentioned in subsection (6) is fulfilled.

(6) Those conditions are—

(a) that leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal is not obtained, and

(b) that the appeal is abandoned before it is determined by the Court of Appeal.'.—[Ms Harman.]

Clause 52, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.