(a) dealing with initial court appearances, with the exception of the taking of pleas on any matter and the issuing of warrants for arrest;

(b) dealing with requests for uncontested adjournments, but a case management officer may grant no more than three adjournments in a 60-day period and shall not adjourn a proceeding to which the Provincial Offences Procedure Act applies for a period longer than eight days without the consent of the defendant if the defendant is in custody;

(c) setting the time and place for the taking of a plea by a judge;

(d) setting the time and place for the disposition of a matter by trial or without a trial;

(e) if applicable, taking into account the time set under the Provincial Offences Procedure Act for the service of a witness statement or the making of an application under subsection 43(1.1) of that Act when setting the time for a trial to which that Act applies;

(f) receiving requests for preliminary inquiries;

(g) setting the time and place for a preliminary inquiry; and

(h) setting the time and place for sentencing.