7 Power to order preparatory hearing

Preparatory hearings

7  Power to order preparatory hearing

(1)     Where it appears to a judge of the Crown Court that the evidence on an indictment reveals a case of fraud of such [seriousness or complexity] that substantial benefits are likely to accrue from a hearing (in this Act referred to as a “preparatory hearing”) before [the time when the jury are sworn], for

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