Justices Rules 2003

If a defendant is committed for trial or for sentence, the clerk, without delay, is to – transmit to the Director of Public Prosecutions the following documents:the complaint with the committal order enclosed; any depositions taken under the Act; all recognisances taken in the matter; a list of the witnesses who have been bound over to attend the trial conditionally; the documents and articles produced in evidence and retained by the justice; a list of the exhibits produced in evidence; a minute of the order certified by the clerk; and transmit to the Registrar of the Supreme Court a certified copy of the following documents:the complaint with committal order enclosed; any order relating to bail; any recognisances taken in the matter.

The defendant is entitled to receive copies of the complaint, depositions and the order of committal or discharge – from the person who has custody of those documents; and at any time after all the depositions have been taken.