28 Power of magistrates' court to remit case to another magistrates' court for sentence

28  Power of magistrates' court to remit case to another magistrates' court for sentence

(1)     Subsection (2) applies where—

(a)     a person aged 18 or over has been convicted by a magistrates' court (“the convicting court”) of a relevant offence (“the present offence”),

(b)     it appears to the convicting court that some other magistrates' court (“the other court”) has convicted the offender of another relevant offence in respect of which the other court has not—

(i)     passed sentence on the offender,

(ii)     committed the offender to the Crown Court for sentence, nor

(iii)     dealt with the offender in any other way,

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