The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1994

Magistrates' courts: minor and consequential amendments of the 1979 Act

6.  The entries in Part 1 of Schedule 8 (amendments of the 1979 Act) referred to in paragraph (l) of article 3 above are—

(a) paragraph 2(1) and (2) (amendment of section 17(1));

(b) paragraph 2(1), (3) and (4) (amendment of section 17(2) and insertion of new section 17(2A));

(c) paragraph 3 (amendment of section 18);

(d) paragraph 4 (amendment of section 19);

(e) paragraph 6 (amendment of section 23);

(f) paragraph 7 (amendment of section 24);

(g) paragraph 8 (amendment of section 24A);

(h) paragraph 9 (amendment of section 24B);

(i) paragraph 17 (amendment of section 42);

(j) paragraph 22 (substitution of new definition of “magistrate” and insertion of definition of “magistrates' courts committee area” in section 70), except that the former definition of “magistrate” in section 70 shall continue to apply for the purposes of interpretation of the old section 20 (as defined in paragraph (2) of article 5 above).