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repeals the option of a jury trial in sections 53(3), 53(5) and 53(6) of the Summary Offences Act 1966. The maximum penalty for this offence is imprisonment for 1 year; it is therefore appropriately classified as a summary offence (see sections 112 and 113A of the Sentencing Act 1991). The option of a jury trial for a summary offence is anomalous and therefore has been removed.