Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

70 Jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts in inner London for domestic proceedings.E+W

(1)A relevant court for an inner London petty sessions area shall, in addition to hearing proceedings which (apart from subsection (2) below) may be heard by a relevant court for that area, have jurisdiction to hear proceedings which could be heard before a relevant court for any other such area, but shall not exercise the jurisdiction conferred by this subsection except in such cases or classes of case as may be determined by the [F1magistrates’ courts committee whose area consists of or includes that petty sessions area].

(2)A magistrates’ court for an inner London petty sessions area shall not hear any [F2family proceedings] if the [F1magistrates’ courts committee whose area consists of or includes that petty sessions area] so determine.

(3)In this section—

  • “relevant court” means a magistrates’ court when composed for the purpose of exercising jurisdiction to hear [F2family proceedings];

  • “inner London petty sessions area” means the City of London or any petty sessional division of the inner London area.

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