Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (repealed 19.6.1997)

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(1)Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, in any enactment relating to justices of the peace, magistrates’ courts, justices’ clerks or matters connected therewith (including, except in so far as it otherwise expressly provides, any such enactment passed after the passing of this Act)—

(a)any reference to a county or to county justices shall be taken to include the City or justices for the City, and

(b)any reference to a county council shall be taken to include the Corporation of the City acting through the Common Council, and references to a county fund shall be taken to include the [F1City fund]:

Provided that in any such enactment which refers in the same context both to a non-metropolitan county and to a metropolitan district, the reference to a non-metropolitan county shall be taken to include the City.

(2)Where any such enactment (including any enactment contained in this Act) expressly refers in the same context both—

(a)to a county or non-metropolitan county or to justices or magistrates for a county or non-metropolitan county, and

(b)to the City or to justices or magistrates for the City,

the operation of that enactment shall not be affected by, and shall be without prejudice to the generality of, subsection (1) above.

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