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55 Magistrates’ courts, justices of the peace etc.E+W

(1)The Lord Chancellor may [F1, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice,] by order make, with respect to any matters mentioned in subsection (2), such incidental, consequential, transitional or supplemental provision as [F2the Lord Chancellor thinks necessary or expedient, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice,] in consequence of any of the provisions of this Act.

(2)The matters are—

(a)the functions or areas of jurisdiction of any justice of the peace, F3. . . [F4or magistrates' court]F5. . .; and

(b)[F6local justice areas].

(3)The Lord Chancellor may [F7, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice,] by order alter, in such manner as [F8appears to the Lord Chancellor to be expedient, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice,] in connection with the alteration in any local government area made by this Act, any of [F9the [F10local justice areas] in Wales].

(4)Any order under this section may, in particular—

(a)make provision with respect to the costs and expenses of any persons with respect to whom provision is made by the order;

(b)apply (with or without modifications) or amend or repeal or revoke (with or without savings) any provision of an Act passed before this Act or in the same Session, or an instrument made under such an Act before 1st April 1996.

(5)Subsections (5) and (7) of section 54 apply in relation to this section as they apply in relation to that section.

[F11(6)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under this section.]

Textual Amendments

F9Words in s. 55(3) substituted for s. 55(3)(a)-(c) (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 76, 108(3), Sch. 10 para. 46 (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2))

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