A master shall exercise the authority and jurisdiction of a Judge of the High Court to preside over pre-trial events for indictable offences and such other pre-trial applications as may be assigned by the Presiding Judge, including to —
(a) conduct the case management of indictable criminal matters;
(b) accept a plea by the defendant;
(c) conduct sufficiency hearings;
(d) conduct bail applications;
(e) conduct interlocutory applications; and
(f) perform other duties and exercise the functions conferred upon a master by rules of court made pursuant to sections 17(1) and (2) of the Supreme Court Order.
(Inserted by S.I. 82/2014)