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sets out the information which is both required and permitted to be in a case direction notice. The purpose of the case direction notice is to get the parties to discuss a case before it is heard in court and to provide the court with notice as to how the parties propose that the case proceed. For example, the parties may have resolved the case as a plea of guilty to certain charges and that other charges will be withdrawn. Alternatively, a committal hearing may be required and the notice will set out whether the parties agree on whether certain witnesses should be called. The notice may also contain information about whether there are any issues about the disclosure of the prosecution case that need to be resolved. This clause is based on clause 11AA of Schedule 5 to the Magistrates' Court Act 1989. However, the case direction notice now includes matters from clause 12 of Schedule 5. The effect of this change is that the accused can, in one document rather than two, deal with all matters concerning access to exhibits and whether they are prepared to proceed in the absence of the completion of certain forensic information.