The Magistrates' Courts (Wales) (Consequences of Local Government Changes) Order 1996

PART I AMENDMENTS TO ENACTMENTS CONCERNING MAGISTRATES' COURTS

Justices of the Peace Act 1979

1.—(1) In section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979(1), after the words “Local Government Act 1992” there shall be inserted the words “or section 55 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994”.

(2) In section 12 of that Act, the following shall be inserted after subsection (5)(c)—

“(d) in relation to a commission area in Wales—

(i) the council of the county or county borough which is or includes the petty sessions area for which the justice acts, or

(ii) where the justice acts for a petty sessions area which is partly included in two or more counties or county boroughs, the councils of those counties and county boroughs.”.

(3) Section 24 of that Act shall be amended by the insertion in subsections (1)(a) and (2) of the words “, county borough in Wales” after the words “unitary district”, and by the insertion in subsections (1)(b), (2) and (6)(a) of the words “in England” after the words “a non-metropolitan county”.

(4) Section 24B of that Act shall be amended by the insertion in subsections (1)(a) and (2) of the words “, county borough in Wales” after the words “unitary district”, and by the insertion in subsections (2) and (4)(a) of the words “in England” after the words “a non-metropolitan county”.

Magistrates' Courts Act 1980

2.—(1) In section 1(8) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980(2), for the words from “any commission area” to the end there shall be substituted “commission areas”.

(2) In section 2(1) and (3) of that Act—

(a) the words “in England or a preserved county in Wales” shall be repealed;

(b) the words “or preserved county (as the case may be)” shall be repealed.

(3) In section 3(4) of that Act, for the words from “any commission area” to the end there shall be substituted “commission areas”.

(4) In section 97(1) of that Act—

(a) the words “in England or any county in Wales” shall be repealed;

(b) the words “or county (as the case may be)” shall be repealed.

(5) In section 97(1A) of that Act, the words “or county (as the case may be)” shall be repealed.

(6) In section 116(3) of that Act, the words “in England and counties in Wales” shall be repealed.

(7) In section 150(1) of that Act, the words “, in relation to England,” in the definition of“commission area”, and the definition of “preserved county”, shall be repealed.

(1)

1979 c. 55, as amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and S.I. 1996/674.

(2)

1980 c. 43, as amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and S.I. 1996/674.