Magistrates' Courts Act 1980

70 Jurisdiction of magistrates' courts in inner London for domestic proceedings

(1) A relevant court for an inner London petty sessions area shall, in addition to hearing proceedings which (apart from subsection (2) below) may be heard by a relevant court for that area, have jurisdiction to hear proceedings which could be heard before a relevant court for any other such area, but shall not exercise the jurisdiction conferred by this subsection except in such cases or classes of case as may be determined by the committee of magistrates.

(2) A magistrates' court for an inner London petty sessions area shall not hear any domestic proceedings if the committee of magistrates so determine.

(3) In this section—

• " relevant court" means a magistrates' court when composed for the purpose of exercising jurisdiction to hear domestic proceedings;

• " inner London petty sessions area " means the City of London or any petty sessional division of the inner London area.