99(1)Subject to subsection (2) and to section 22 of the Provincial Court Act, the judge presiding when evidence is first taken at a trial shall preside over the whole of the trial.

99(2)The judge may, on the request of the prosecutor or defendant or without a request, ask the chief judge to designate another judge to conduct the proceedings if it appears to the judge that it would be appropriate in the interests of justice to do so.

99(3)Subsection 22(2) of the Provincial Court Act applies to the judge designated by the chief judge under subsection (2) to conduct the proceedings.