10.1 Appendix A: Main changes under the Criminal Procedure Act 2011
Issue Current situation Change Offence categories Complex system of summary and indictable offence categories. Four penalty-based categories of offences. Trial types Defended hearings or jury trials depending on how prosecutor decides to lay a charge, and in cases where an election is permitted, on the defendant's choice of trial type. Judge-alone trials or jury trials depending on the category of offence, and in cases where an election is permitted, on the defendant's choice of trial typ