Classification of offences pre-trial procedures

Question 1

How are summary offences delt with

Answer 1

Aims to be complete in the earliest possible hearing

Question 2

What happens when the defendant plea guilty in a summary offence

Answer 2

There is a sentencing there and then

Question 3

What happens when the defendant plea not guilty in a summary offence

Answer 3

There is a trial then if found guilty a sentencing