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Courts Act 1971

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Section 8.

SCHEDULE 1Quarter Sessions Jurisdiction Transferred to Crown Court

1There shall be vested in the Crown Court all appellate and other jurisdiction conferred on any court of quarter sessions, or on any committee of a court of quarter sessions, by or under any Act, whether public general or local.

2Subject to the provisions of this Act, and in particular the provisions about magistrates' courts committees and the provisions of paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to this Act, there shall be vested in the Crown Court all other powers and duties of any court of quarter sessions, or of any committee of a court of quarter sessions.

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