Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994

Criminal Justice Act 1991

33 (1) Section 76 of the [1991 c. 53.] Criminal Justice Act 1991 (provision of court security officers) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsections (1)(b) and (2), for the words “responsible authority” there shall be substituted the words “paying authority or authorities”.

(3) In subsection (3)—

(a) the words from “in relation to” to “inner London area” shall be omitted, and

(b) for the words “responsible authority” there shall be substituted the words “paying authority or authorities”.

(4) In subsection (4), for the words from “in relation to” to “responsible authority” there shall be substituted the words “any paying authority”.

(5) Subsection (5) shall be omitted.

(6) For subsection (6) there shall be substituted—

“(6) In this section—

• “the committee”, in relation to a petty sessions area, means the magistrates' courts committee whose area consists of or includes that petty sessions area, and

• “paying authority”, in relation to a committee, has the same meaning as in section 55 of the 1979 Act.”

34 In section 77 of that Act (powers and duties of court security officers), in subsection (5)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for the words “chief clerk” there shall be substituted the words “justices' chief executive”, and

(b) in paragraph (b), for the words from “employed to” to “by him” there shall be substituted the words “of the magistrates' courts committee authorised by such a justices' chief executive or clerk”.