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at the end of that subsection there shall be inserted—
 * “(b) in the case of a person sentenced to imprisonment with an order under section 47 of the Criminal Law Act 1977, this subsection operates to reduce the part of the sentence ordered to be served in prison, but not any part held in suspense and restored under subsection (3) of that section”.

11. In section 1 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (general principle as to rehabilitation when conviction is spent), after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—
 * “(2A) Where in respect of a conviction a person has been sentenced to imprisonment with an order under section 47(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977, he is to be treated for the purposes of subsection (2) above as having served the sentence as soon as he completes service of so much of the sentence as was by that order required to be served in prison”.

  SCHEDULE 10

20.—(1) If on an inquest touching a death the coroner before the conclusion of the inquest—
 * (a) is informed by the clerk of a magistrates’ court in pursuance of subsection (8) below that some person has been charged before a magistrates’ court with—
 * (i) the murder, manslaughter or infanticide of the deceased; or
 * (ii) an offence under section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 committed by causing the death of the deceased; or
 * (iii) an offence under section 2(1) of the Suicide Act 1961 consisting of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the suicide of the deceased; or
 * (b) is informed by the Director of Public Prosecutions that some person has been charged before examining justices with an offence (whether or not involving the death of a person other than the deceased) alleged to have been committed in circumstances connected with the death of the deceased, not being an offence within paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii) above, and is requested by the Director to adjourn the inquest,

then, subject to subsection (2) below, the coroner shall, in the absence of reason to the contrary, adjourn the inquest until after the conclusion of the relevant criminal proceedings and, if a jury has been summoned, may, if he thinks fit, discharge them.

(2) The coroner—
 * (a) need not adjourn the inquest in a case within subsection (1)(a) above if, before he has done so, the Director of Public Prosecutions notifies him that adjournment is unnecessary; and