This Act may be cited as the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act 1975, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

Section 20a(7) of the principal Act (as inserted by section 7(1) of the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act 1973) is hereby amended by omitting the words “Unless, before the date specified in the notice referred to in subsection (2) of this section, the defendant indicates in accordance with subsection (5) of this section that he wishes to deny the charge or to appear before the Court for that or any other purpose or pleads guilty in writing in accordance with section 41 of this Act”, and substituting the words “If the defendant pleads guilty in accordance with section 41 of this Act or if, in any case, the defendant does not, by the date specified in the notice referred to in subsection (2) of this section, give written advice to the Registrar in accordance with subsection (5) of this section,”.