Administration of Justice Act 1964

38 Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meaning hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—

• " the City " means the City of London ;

• " committed for sentence or order " means committed to be dealt with under section 28 or 29 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952, or under section 67 of the Mental Health Act 1959;

• " domestic court " has the meaning assigned to it by section 11 of this Act;

• " existing ", in relation to any authority or thing, means that authority or thing as it existed immediately before the commencement of this Act;

• " London commission areas ", " inner London area " and " outer London areas " have the meanings respectively assigned to them by section 2 of this Act;

• " officer " includes the holder of any place, situation or employment and " office" shall be construed accordingly;

• " Receiver " means the Receiver for the metropolitan police district;

• " stipendiary magistrate " includes metropolitan stipendiary magistrate.

(2) References in this Act to any enactment shall, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to that enactment as amended by or under any subsequent enactment including this Act.