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Administration of Justice Act 1964
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- s. 12 repealed by 1999 c. 22 Sch. 15 Pt. 5(2)
12 Composition of juvenile courts. E+W
(1)F1. . . and Part II of that Schedule shall apply accordingly to the inner London area and the City subject to the following provisions of this section.
(2)In paragraph 15 of the said Schedule 2 for any reference to a justice or justices of the peace for the county of London there shall be substituted a reference to a lay justice or justices for the inner London area.
(3)The functions of the Secretary of State under the said Part II with respect to the nomination or selection of the chairmen and other members of the [F2youth courts] shall be transferred to the Lord Chancellor, and accordingly for any reference to the Secretary of State in paragraphs 15, 16 and 18 of the said Schedule 2 there shall be substituted a reference to the Lord Chancellor.
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F1Words in s. 12(1) repealed (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 106, 108(1), Sch. 15 Pt. V(1) (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9))
F2Words in s. 12(1)(3) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF: 39:1), s. 100, Sch. 11 para. 40(1)(2)(f); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.
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C1The text of s. 12, Sch. 3 paras. 18, 27, 30, 31(4) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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