The Community Charges, Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rating (Enforcement) (Magistrates' Courts) (Wales) Regulations 2001

Amendment of Regulations

2.—(1) In each of the provisions to which paragraph (2) applies, for “stipendiary magistrate” substitute “District Judge (Magistrates' Courts)”(1).

(2) The provisions to which this paragraph applies are:

(a) regulation 47(2) of the Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1989(2);

(b) regulation 21(2) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Collection and Enforcement) (Local Lists) Regulations 1989(3); and

(c) regulation 53(2) of the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992(4).

(1)

Section 78 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 substitutes for sections 11 to 20 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25), which provide for stipendiary magistrates, new sections 10A to 10E which provide for District Judges (Magistrates' Courts) in place of them. Paragraph 22 of Schedule 14 to that Act of 1999 provides for any person who is a stipendiary magistrate or metropolitan stipendiary magistrate immediately before the time section 78 comes into force to be treated (unless required by reason of age to vacate office at that time) as having been appointed to be a District Judge (Magistrates' Court) at that time.

(2)

S.I. 1989/438, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(3)

S.I. 1989/1058, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(4)

S.I. 1992/613 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.