http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/50/schedule/4/enacted

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Miscellaneous Amendments of the Principal Act

Part III (legal proceedings)

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In section 161 (justice of the peace)—

a

for the words "it is the duty of the Director of Public Prosecutions to " there shall be substituted the words " the court shall"; and

b

after the words "Lord Chancellor" there shall be inserted the words " or, in the case of a justice of the peace for any area in Scotland, the Secretary of State".