SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Magistrates' courts: minor and consequential amendments

Part IAmendments of [1979 c. 55.] Justices of the Peace Act 1979

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1

Section 59 (grants by Lord Chancellor to responsible authorities) shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

in paragraph (b) after the word “7” there shall be inserted the words “or 24”, and

b

for the word “and” immediately following that paragraph there shall be substituted—

bb

of their functions under any regulations having effect by virtue of paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 1 to this Act; and

3

For subsection (8) there shall be substituted—

8

In this section—

  • “court staff” means justices' chief executives, justices' clerks and staff of magistrates' courts committees, and

  • “responsible authority” has the same meaning as in section 55 of this Act.