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Offences to be taken into Consideration (TICs)

A copy of the TIC schedule should be included in advance information to the defence or pre-sentence information to the Probation Service
There should be sufficient information in the case papers to enable the prosecution and defendant to decide whether to ask the court to take such offences into consideration and to enable the offence(s) to be properly outlined to the court.
Any interview record should include adequate and sufficient details of any admissions made by a defendant to offences appearing in the TIC schedule.
The TIC schedule must be served on the defendant who should be given a full opportunity to understand what he is being asked to accept. The defendant must admit the offence and should do so personally rather than through legal representatives. Special care should be taken with vulnerable and/or unrepresented defendants. The defendant must sign the schedule.