take over prosecutions in Magistrates' Court during the next few months.

Solicitor General Barrie Meade yesterday said: "Things are moving along as we hoped they would.

"We are very much on schedule. We want to phase the introduction of the whole system with no serious glitches and as little inconvenience to the public as possible. In fact we hope to make it as easy as possible for most people.'' Mr. Meade said final adjustments and customisation of the computer program designed to link the courts with the Transport Control Department, AG's Chambers, Police and Probation Services had recently been completed.

The process of training Police officers was under way and traffic wardens were practising with the new auto-site traffic ticket dispensers, he continued.

Mr. Meade said the AG's Chambers had made "some pretty serious decisions'' about when they would be introducing the different phases of the operation.

It was anticipated that use of the computer program would begin on December 2 with Magistrates' Court entering the results of cases and issuing warrants on the system.

Mr. Meade said introduction could be delayed by one or two technical hardware problems which included cable connections between the different facilities using the program but they should be resolved before the scheduled start.

The distribution of traffic tickets from a hand held site was expected to start in January -- after the Christmas holidays.

He said they were now trying to finalise matters such as the availability of premises for AG's Chambers prosecutors to move into.

These prosecutors had been taken on over a period of time, continued Mr.

Meade, and the AG's Chambers were now up to strength to take over the additional duties.

There was some training of these prosecutors to complete, he added, but most were ready to start.

Police prosecutors would slowly disappear from court rooms as they finished off cases they had already started and people would start to notice they were dealing more with AG prosecutors.

These Police officers would move into positions in the Police Service which had been lined up by Commissioner Colin Coxall.