Administration of Justice Act 1964

17 Administrative and financial provisions

(1) The Receiver shall provide such courthouses and other accommodation, and such furniture, books and other things, as the committee of magistrates may determine to be proper for the due transaction of the business, and convenient keeping of the records and documents, of magistrates' courts in the inner London area (including domestic courts and including juvenile courts for that area and the City) or for enabling the justices' clerks for that area or for juvenile courts for that area and the City to carry out their duties; but any determination under this subsection shall not have effect unless confirmed, with or without modifications, by the Secretary of State.

(2) The Receiver shall pay out of the metropolitan police fund—

(a) any expenses of the committee of magistrates, to such an amount and of such a nature as may be approved by the Secretary of State ;

(b) the sums payable by way of salary or expenses to justices' clerks and other officers employed by the committee of magistrates, together with any employer's contributions payable in respect of those officers under the National Insurance Acts 1946 to 1963 ;

(c) any superannuation benefits payable in respect of such clerks and other officers under the enactments and instruments applied to them under section 24 of this Act, other than benefits payable by the Greater London Council, and any superannuation contributions and other payments for which the committee of magistrates may be liable as their employer under those enactments and instruments.

(3) Any accommodation provided under this section for any magistrates' court or justices' clerk may be outside the area for which the court or clerk acts and, if outside that area, shall be deemed to be in that area for the purpose of the jurisdiction of the court.

(4) The Secretary of State may assign courthouses and other accommodation either to petty sessional divisions of the inner London area or to particular magistrates' courts for that area (including domestic courts and including juvenile courts for that area and the City) and may alter any assignment under this subsection, but after the committee of magistrates has been set up shall not exercise his powers under this subsection except after consultation with the committee.

(5) Sections 25 and 26 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (which impose on councils of counties and certain boroughs duties similar to those imposed by this section on the Receiver) shall not apply to the inner London area.