Offences, penalties and legal proceedings
102Jurisdiction of magistrates' courts
Without prejudice to the provisions of the M1Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 as to the jurisdiction of a magistrates' court, in England and Wales all summary offences under this Act may be prosecuted—
(a)
where the prosecution is against a registered society or branch or any officer thereof, before a magistrates' court acting for the petty sessions area in which the registered office of the society or branch is situated; and
(b)
where the prosecution is against a person other than a registered society or branch or an officer thereof, before a magistrates' court acting for the petty sessions area in which the person is resident at the time of the institution of the prosecution.