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SCHEDULES

F1SCHEDULE 1E+W

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F2SCHEDULE 2E+W

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Textual Amendments

F2Sch. 2 repealed (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 106, 108(3)(f), Sch. 15 Pt. v(1) (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 1999/2657, art. 2(d)(iii)

Prospective

Section 50.

SCHEDULE 3E+W Continuing functions of Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District in relation to pensions etc. of court staff

1In this Schedule—

  • the committee of magistrates” means the committee which until 1st April 1995 existed for the inner London area under section 35 of the Justices of the M1Peace Act 1979;

  • court staff” has the same meaning as in section 57 of this Act;

  • the inner London magistrates’ courts committee” has the same meaning as in section 50 of this Act;

  • the Receiver” means the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District; and

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

Marginal Citations

2The Receiver shall pay out of the metropolitan police fund any superannuation benefits payable in respect of justices’ clerks and other officers employed by the committee of magistrates or the inner London magistrates’ courts committee under any enactment or instrument applied to those clerks or other officers by regulations having effect in accordance with section 15(9) of the M2Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967, other than benefits payable by the London Residuary Body, and any superannuation contributions and other payments for which the inner London magistrates’ courts committee may be liable as their employer under any such enactment or instrument.

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3Nothing in paragraph 2 above shall require the Receiver to incur any expenditure or make any payment which would cause the net cost to him in any year of the matters mentioned in paragraph 4 below to exceed the amount which, in relation to that year, is for the time being determined by the Lord Chancellor under paragraph 5(b) below.

4The Lord Chancellor may out of money provided by Parliament pay to the Receiver grants towards the net cost to the Receiver in any year—

(a)of the Receiver’s functions under paragraph 2 above; and

(b)of the Receiver’s functions corresponding to those of responsible authorities under regulations made, or having effect as if made, under section 7 of the M3Superannuation Act 1972 with respect to court staff.

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6In subsections (5), (6) and (7) of section 57 of this Act (grants by Lord Chancellor to responsible authorities)—

(a)references to that section include references to this Schedule; and

(b)references to the matters mentioned in subsection (1) of that section include references to the matters mentioned in paragraph 4 above.

Section 73(1).

SCHEDULE 4E+W Transitional provisions and savings

Part IE+W General provisions

Continuity of the lawE+W

1(1)The repeal (or revocation) and re-enactment of provisions by this Act does not affect the continuity of the law.

(2)Any subordinate legislation made or other thing done, or having effect as if made or done, under or for the purposes of any provision repealed (or revoked) and re-enacted by this Act shall, if in force or effective immediately before the commencement of the corresponding provision of this Act, have effect thereafter as if made or done under or for the purposes of that corresponding provision.

(3)Any reference (express or implied) in this Act or any other enactment or in any instrument or document—

(a)to any provision of this Act; or

(b)to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of any provision of this Act,

shall (so far as the context permits) be construed as including, in relation to times, circumstances or purposes in relation to which the corresponding provision repealed (or revoked) by this Act had effect, a reference—

(i)to that corresponding provision; or

(ii)to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of that corresponding provision,

as the case may be.

(4)Any reference (express or implied) in any enactment or in any instrument or document—

(a)to any provision repealed (or revoked) and re-enacted by this Act; or

(b)to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of any such provision,

shall (so far as the context permits) be construed as including, in relation to times, circumstances or purposes in relation to which the corresponding provision of this Act has effect, a reference—

(i)to that corresponding provision; or

(ii)to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of that corresponding provision,

as the case may be.

(5)Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (4) above, where a power conferred by an Act is expressed to be exercisable in relation to enactments contained in Acts passed before or in the same Session as the Act conferring the power, the power is also exercisable in relation to provisions of this Act which reproduce such enactments.

(6)Sub-paragraphs (1) to (5) above have effect instead of section 17(2) of the M4Interpretation Act 1978 (but are without prejudice to any other provision of that Act).

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General saving for old transitional provisions and savingsE+W

2The repeal (or revocation) by this Act of any transitional provision or saving relating to the coming into force of a provision reproduced in this Act does not affect the operation of the transitional provision or saving in so far as it is not specifically reproduced in this Act but remains capable of having effect in relation to the corresponding provision of this Act or otherwise.

3The repeal by this Act of an enactment previously repealed subject to savings does not affect the continued operation of those savings.

Use of existing forms, etc.E+W

4Any reference to an enactment repealed (or revoked) by this Act which is contained in a document made, served or issued on or after the commencement of that repeal (or revocation) shall be construed, except so far as a contrary intention appears, as a reference or, as the context may require, as including a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.

Part IIE+W Provisions relating to particular enactments

InterpretationE+W

5In this Part of this Schedule—

(a)the “1979 Act” means the Justices of the M5Peace Act 1979;

(b)the “1994 Act” means the M6Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994; and

(c)any reference to the commencement of this Act shall be construed in accordance with section 74(1) of this Act.

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Petty sessions areasE+W

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Inner London areaE+W

7(1)If section 83(1) of the 1994 Act (administrative and financial arrangements for magistrates’ courts) has not come into force in relation to the inner London area before the commencement of this Act then, until the relevant commencement date, sections 55 and 56 of this Act shall not apply in relation to that area.

(2)If section 83(2) of the 1994 Act (repeal of sections 57 and 58 of 1979 Act), so far as it relates to section 58 of the 1979 Act (duties of Receiver in relation to inner London area), and the repeal of section 58 of the 1979 Act by Part II of Schedule 9 to the 1994 Act have not come into force before the commencement of this Act then, until the relevant commencement date—

(a)notwithstanding the repeal of the 1979 Act by this Act—

(i)section 58 of the 1979 Act shall continue to have effect; and

(ii)section 70 of the 1979 Act (interpretation) shall continue to have effect [F4(with the reference in subsection (3) to metropolitan stipendiary magistrates being construed as a reference to District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts)]for the purpose of interpreting section 58 of that Act;

(b)section 54 of this Act shall have effect as if the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District were the paying authority for the purposes of that section in respect of a justice or justices’ clerk acting for the inner London area;

(c)any reference in any enactment to Part VI of this Act (including the reference in section 57(1)(a) of this Act) shall have effect as if it included a reference to section 58 of the 1979 Act;

(d)the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District shall be—

(i)the paying authority and the responsible authority for the purposes of section 82 of the M7Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (accounting for fixed penalties); and

(ii)the paying authority for the purposes of section 76 of the M8Criminal Justice Act 1991 (provision of court security officers)

in relation to the magistrates’ courts committee for the inner London area;

(e)the provisions of subsections (3) and (4) of section 76 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 shall not apply in relation to the magistrates’ courts committee for the inner London area; and

(f)the repeals by this Act of—

(i)section 60(6) of the M9Local Government Act 1985;

(ii)paragraph 7 of Schedule 11 to the M10Children Act 1989, so far as that repeal relates to paragraph (c) of that paragraph; and

(iii)paragraph 40(2)(k) of Schedule 11 to the Criminal Justice Act 1991,

shall not come into force.

(3)If paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the 1994 Act has not come into force before the commencement of this Act then, until the relevant commencement date, section 10 of this Act shall have effect—

(a)as if in subsection (7), after paragraph (a), there were inserted—

(aa)in relation to a justice for the inner London area, the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District;; and

(b)with the omission of subsections (8)(a) and (9).

(4)If paragraph 19(3) of Schedule 8 to the 1994 Act has not come into force in relation to the inner London area before the commencement of this Act then, until the relevant commencement date, section 57 of this Act shall have effect in relation to the inner London area as if the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District were the responsible authority for the purposes of that section.

(5)If paragraph 23 of Schedule 8 to the 1994 Act has not come into force before the commencement of this Act then, until the relevant commencement date, paragraph 27(2) below shall have effect as if the reference to sections 55 and 56 of this Act included a reference to section 58 of the 1979 Act.

(6)If the repeal by Part II of Schedule 9 to the 1994 Act of words in section 59(1)(b) of the 1979 Act has not come into force before the commencement of this Act then, until the relevant commencement date, section 57 of this Act shall have effect as if, at the end of subsection (1)(b), there were inserted the words “or, in the case of the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District, his corresponding functions”.

(7)Relevant commencement date”, in relation to any of sub-paragraphs (1) to (6) above, means—

(a)if before the commencement of this Act a date on or after the date of that commencement has been appointed by an order under section 94 of the 1994 Act (commencement and transitional provisions) as the date on which the provision (or provisions) of the 1994 Act mentioned in that sub-paragraph is (or are) to come into force (or is to come into force in relation to the area, or for the purpose, so mentioned), the date so appointed; and

(b)otherwise, such date as the Lord Chancellor may by order appoint.

(8)Subsections (4), (5), (7) and (8) of section 94 of the 1994 Act shall apply to an order under sub-paragraph (7)(b) above as they would apply to an order under subsection (2) of that section.

8(1)If paragraph 24 of Schedule 8 to the 1994 Act has not come into force before the commencement of this Act, then paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to this Act shall not come into force until immediately after that provision of the 1994 Act has come into force.

(2)If paragraph 35 of Schedule 8 to the 1994 Act has not come into force before the commencement of this Act, then paragraph 30(a) of Schedule 5 to this Act shall not come into force until immediately after that provision of the 1994 Act has come into force.

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10Subject to any order made under section 32 of this Act—

(a)any reference in any document to the committee of magistrates shall have effect, in relation to any time on or after 1 April 1995, as a reference to the magistrates’ courts committee for the inner London area; and

(b)without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 1 above or 13 below, the body corporate formerly constituted under section 35 of the 1979 Act (committee of magistrates for inner London area) which, by virtue of section 79(2) of the 1994 Act (savings), is the magistrates’ courts committee for that area shall continue to be that magistrates’ courts committee.

11(1)Sub-paragraph (2) below applies to any person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act is treated by virtue of section 80(2) or (3) of the 1994 Act (abolition of offices of principal chief clerk and chief clerk: savings) as having been appointed by the magistrates’ courts committee for the inner London area—

(a)under section 24D of the 1979 Act, as justices’ chief executive; or

(b)as a justices’ clerk—

(i)under section 25 of that Act, for any petty sessional division of the inner London area; or

(ii)under section 34B of that Act, for the youth courts or family proceedings courts for that area and the City of London.

(2)Subject to section 42(5) to (7) of this Act, any person to whom this sub-paragraph applies shall hold and vacate office—

(a)in accordance with the terms of his appointment; or

(b)if he has entered into a contract of service, in accordance with the terms of his contract of service.

(3)Where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a person is employed under a contract of service to which subsection (5) of section 80 of the 1994 Act (abolition of offices of senior deputy chief clerk and deputy chief clerk: savings for contract of service) applies—

(a)the repeal by this Act of that subsection shall not affect the continuation of that person’s contract of service;

(b)he shall not be dismissed from his employment without the approval of the Lord Chancellor; and

(c)before approving his dismissal the Lord Chancellor shall consider any representations made by him.

(4)Any reference in any instrument or document to the chief clerk for any petty sessional division of the inner London area or for the youth courts or family proceedings courts for that area and the City of London shall have effect, in relation to any time on or after 1st April 1995, as a reference to the justices’ clerk for [F6the corresponding petty sessions area] or, as the case may be, for those courts.

Textual Amendments

F6Words in Sch. 4 para. 11 substituted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 76, 108(3)(c), Sch. 10 para. 53 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2))

Stipendiary magistratesE+W

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Magistrates’ courts committeesE+W

13Any magistrates’ courts committee which was set up in accordance with the provisions of Part II of the 1979 Act for any area and is in existence immediately before the commencement of this Act shall after that commencement be treated as having been set up in accordance with the provisions of Part III of this Act as the magistrates’ courts committee for that area.

14Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 1(2) above, the repeal by this Act of section 69 of the 1994 Act does not affect the continued operation of any order made under that section before the commencement of this Act.

Justices’ chief executivesE+W

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16A person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, continues to hold office as clerk to a magistrates’ courts committee by virtue of Article 6(1) of the M11Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 may continue in that appointment until the magistrates’ courts committee have appointed a justices’ chief executive in accordance with section 40(1) of this Act.

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Valid from 01/04/2001

[F916AAny order made before 1st April 1953 under section 30 of the M12Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914 or section 1 of the M13Affiliation Orders Act 1914—

(a)if it directs payments to be made to any officer of a court of summary jurisdiction, shall have effect as if it directed them to be made to the justices’ chief executive who is the collecting officer of that court; and

(b)if it directs payments to be made to any person who is not an officer of a court of summary jurisdiction, shall have effect as if it directed them to be made to the justices’ chief executive who is the collecting officer of the court making the order.]

Textual Amendments

F9Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 16A inserted (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 91(4) (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(iii) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 2 para. 2)

Marginal Citations

Justices’ clerks etc.E+W

17(1)Section 44(1) of this Act shall not have effect in relation to any person appointed by a magistrates’ courts committee before 1st April 1995 as justices’ clerk for a petty sessions area so long as he—

(a)continues to hold office as a justices’ clerk for that area or for any one or more petty sessions areas including any part of that area; and

(b)has not entered into a contract of service on or after that date.

(2)Any justices’ clerk in relation to whom, by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above, section 44(1) of this Act does not have effect shall hold office during the pleasure of the magistrates’ courts committee concerned.

(3)Any such justices’ clerk shall be paid a salary for his personal remuneration, and the salary shall be taken to be remuneration for all business which he may by reason of his office as justices’ clerk be called upon to perform, other than any duties as secretary to a licensing planning committee under Part VII of the M14Licensing Act 1964.

(4)Any such justices’ clerk may be paid a single salary in respect of two or more clerkships.

(5)Any such justices’ clerk shall, in addition to his salary, be paid the amount of any expenses of a description specified when his salary is determined, being expenses incurred by him with the general or special authority of the magistrates’ courts committee.

Marginal Citations

18Any order made before 1st April 1953 under—

(a)section 30 of the M15Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914; or

(b)section 1 of the M16Affiliation Orders Act 1914,

which is in force immediately before the commencement of this Act and, by virtue of paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the 1979 Act, has effect as if it required payments under it to be made to a justices’ clerk in his capacity as collecting officer of a magistrates’ court shall, so long as the order remains in force, continue to have that effect by virtue of this paragraph.

19So far as, immediately before the commencement of this Act—

(a)section 23(7) of the Justices of the M17Peace Act 1949 (terms and conditions of employment of persons transferred to magistrates’ courts committee on 1st April 1953); or

(b)paragraph 15 of Schedule 3 to the Justices of the M18Peace Act 1968 (terms and conditions of employment of persons transferred to certain magistrates’ courts committees on 10th November 1969),

has effect in relation to any person by virtue of paragraph 11 or 12 of Schedule 1 to the 1979 Act, it shall continue to have effect in relation to him.

Marginal Citations

20(1)Any regulations made under—

(a)section 42 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (compensation in connection with Parts II and III of that Act); or

(b)paragraph 16 of Schedule 3 to the Justices of the Peace Act 1968 (compensation in connection with section 1 of that Act),

which are in force immediately before the commencement of this Act by virtue of paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the 1979 Act shall continue to have effect and may be revoked or varied notwithstanding the repeal by the 1979 Act of the provisions under which they were made.

(2)The reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a) above to section 42 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 includes a reference to that section as extended by section 32 of the M19Administration of Justice Act 1964 (extension for persons not qualified at date of enactment of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949).

(3)The functions of a responsible authority mentioned in paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 57(1) of this Act do not include their functions in respect of decisions made by a determining authority before 3rd February 1995 under the Justices of the M20Peace Act 1949 (Compensation) Regulations 1978.

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Immunity and indemnification of justices and justices’ clerksE+W

21Subject to paragraphs 22 and 23 below, the provisions of Part V of this Act shall have effect in relation to anything done, or omitted, before the commencement of this Act as they would have effect in relation to any corresponding thing done, or omitted, after the commencement of this Act.

22The repeal by this Act of the 1979 Act is subject to paragraph 16(1) of Schedule 19 to the M21Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (1979 Act to continue to apply in relation to matters arising before 1st January 1991 as if section 108 of that Act of 1990 (liability of magistrates for damages and costs) had not been enacted).

Marginal Citations

23In section 54(2) of this Act—

(a)paragraph (a) shall have effect only in relation to things done or omitted on or after 1st October 1996; and

(b)in relation to things done or omitted before that date, paragraph (b) shall have effect with the omission of the word “other”.

Pensions Act 1995E+W

24(1)If before the commencement of this Act paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the M22Pensions Act 1995 has not come into force then, until the relevant commencement date, section 55(6)(b)(ii) of this Act shall have effect with the substitution, for the words “contributions equivalent premiums”, of the words “ state scheme premiums ”.

(2)In sub-paragraph (1) above, “relevant commencement date” means—

(a)if before the commencement of this Act the Secretary of State has made an order under section 180 of the M23Pensions Act 1995 (commencement) appointing a date on or after the date of that commencement as the date on which paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to that Act is to come into force, the date so appointed; and

(b)otherwise, such date as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.

(3)Sections 174 (orders and regulations) and 180(4) of the Pensions Act 1995 shall apply to an order under sub-paragraph (2)(b) above as they would apply to an order under section 180(1) of that Act.

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Enactments passed before 18th April 1973E+W

25(1)This paragraph applies where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, any enactment passed or instrument made before the 18th April 1973 has effect by virtue of section 71(3) of the 1979 Act (modifications of certain enactments and instruments) as if it referred to—

(a)a person being appointed or removed from office as a justice of the peace in accordance with section 6 of the 1979 Act; or

(b)the supplemental list for England and Wales kept under section 8 of the 1979 Act.

(2)After the commencement of this Act the enactment or instrument shall have effect as if—

(a)any reference to a person appointed justice by a commission of the peace or to a person being removed from a commission of the peace were a reference to his being appointed or removed from office as a justice of the peace in accordance with section 5 of this Act; and

(b)any reference to a supplemental list kept by virtue of section 4 of the Justices of the M24Peace Act 1949 in connection with the commission of the peace for any area were a reference to the supplemental list for England and Wales kept under section 7 of this Act.

Marginal Citations

Justices of the Peace Act 1949, Schedule 2E+W

26(1)This paragraph applies where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, any reference in Schedule 1 to the 1979 Act to any enactment under which a person held or was treated as holding any office or employment is to be construed by virtue of paragraph 15 of that Schedule as including a reference to any provision of Schedule 2 to the Justices of the Peace Act 1949.

(2)Any reference in this Schedule which corresponds to that reference in Schedule 1 to the 1979 Act shall be construed as including a reference to that provision of Schedule 2 to the Justices of the Peace Act 1949.

Saving for superannuation provisionsE+W

27(1)Nothing in this Act shall affect any pension rights or other superannuation benefits or the person by whom or the manner in which any pension or other superannuation benefit is to be paid or borne.

(2)Sub-paragraph (1) above is subject to sections 55 and 56 of this Act.

Saving for amendment of Local Government Act 1974E+W

28The repeal by this Act of the 1979 Act does not affect the amendment made by paragraph 28 of Schedule 2 to that Act to section 1(6)(a) of the M25Local Government Act 1974 (rate support grants).

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Provision made by subordinate legislationE+W

29Any power which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, is exercisable by order to amend or revoke any provision reproduced in this Schedule of an order made under section 94 of the 1994 Act shall be so exercisable in relation to the corresponding provision of this Schedule.

Section 73(2).

SCHEDULE 5U.K. Consequential amendments

Extent Information

E1Any amendment, repeal or revocation contained in Sch. 5, except as mentioned in s. 75(3), has the same extent as the provision it amends, repeals or revokes, see s. 75(2)

The Sheriffs Act 1887 (c. 55)U.K.

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The Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act 1920 (c. 33)E+W

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The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12)U.K.

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Prospective

The London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (c. xcvii)U.K.

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The National Assistance Act 1948 (c. 29)E+W

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The Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76)U.K.

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The Licensing Act 1964 (c. 26)U.K.

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The Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c. 42)U.K.

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The Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 (c. 45)U.K.

9In the Schedule to the Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 (proceedings before magistrates’ court: supplementary provisions), for the proviso to paragraph 2 there shall be substituted—

2ASection 15 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (which exempts stipendiary magistrates from certain restrictions imposed by the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980) shall apply as if paragraph 2 of this Schedule were contained in the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.

and, in paragraph 3, for “paragraph 2” there shall be substituted “ paragraphs 2 and 2A ”.

The Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77)U.K.

10In Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (control on entry: administrative provisions), in paragraphs 23(3) and 31(4), for the words from “purposes” to “being” there shall be substituted “ purposes of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 and, in particular, section 60 of that Act, as being ”.

The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)U.K.

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The Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71)U.K.

12In section 51 of the Criminal Justice Act 1972 (execution of process between England and Wales and Scotland), in subsection (4), for the words from “by virtue” to “it has” there shall be substituted “ by virtue of section 45(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997, as it has ”.

The Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c. 15)U.K.

13(1)The Administration of Justice Act 1973 shall be amended as follows.

(2)For section 5 there shall be substituted—

5 Consequential.

Paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect; and the enactments specified in paragraph 10 of that Schedule shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in that paragraph.

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(4)In Schedule 1 (consequential provisions), in paragraph 7, for “section 10(2)(a) to (c) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ section 9(2)(a) to (c) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”.

The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18)U.K.

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The Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (c. 62)U.K.

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Textual Amendments

The Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47)U.K.

16In section 38 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (solicitor who is a justice of the peace not to act in certain proceedings)—

(a)in subsection (3), for “section 8 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ section 7 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”; F22 . . .

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Textual Amendments

F22Sch. 5 para. 16(b) and the word “and” immediately preceding it repealed (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 106, 108(3)(f), Sch. 15 Pt. V(1) (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 1999/2657, art. 2(d)(iii)

The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)U.K.

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The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978 (c. 22)U.K.

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F2418

The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)U.K.

19(1)The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 shall be amended as follows.

(2)In each of the provisions of that Act specified in sub-paragraph (3) below, for “the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”.

(3)The provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) above are—

F25(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F25(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)in section 87 (enforcement of payment of fines by High Court and county court), subsection (4); and

(d)in section 87A (fines imposed on companies), subsection (2).

(4)In section 139 (disposal of sums adjudged to be paid by conviction), in paragraph (c), for “section 61 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ section 60 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”.

F25(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Child Abduction Act 1984 (c. 37)U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F2620

The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23)U.K.

21In section 20 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (regulations), in subsection (5), for “section 61 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ section 60 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”.

The Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51)U.K.

22(1)The Local Government Act 1985 shall be amended as follows.

(2)In section 99 (disqualification of justices), for “Section 64 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ Section 66 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”.

(3)In Schedule 13 (residuary bodies), in paragraph 13, for paragraph (i) there shall be substituted—

(i)section 66 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997;.

The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)U.K.

23In section 81 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (confiscation orders: application of proceeds of realisation etc.)—

(a)in subsections (8) and (9)(d), for “section 61 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ section 60 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”; F27 . . .

F27(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F27Sch. 5 para. 23(b) and the word “and” immediately preceding it repealed (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, s. 106, Sch. 15 Pt. V(7) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 1999/2657, art. 2(d)(ii)(c)

The Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34)U.K.

24In Schedule 3 to the Legal Aid Act 1988 (criminal proceedings: enforcement of contribution orders), in paragraph 4—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1), for “the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”; and

(b)in sub-paragraph (2), for “section 61(4) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ section 60(4) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”.

The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53)U.K.

25In section 82 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (accounting for fixed penalties)—

(a)in subsection (1), for “section 61 (application of fines and fees) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ section 60 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (application of fines and fees) ”;

(b)in subsection (2)(b), for “section 59 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ section 57 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”; and

(c)in subsection (2A), for “the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”.

The Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (c. 4)U.K.

26In Schedule 4 to the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (forfeiture orders), in paragraph 1(3), for “section 61 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ section 60 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”.

The Children Act 1989 (c. 41)U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F2827

The Computer Misuse Act 1990 (c. 18)U.K.

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F2928

The Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53)U.K.

29(1)The Criminal Justice Act 1991 shall be amended as follows.

(2)In section 76 (provision of court security officers), in subsection (6), in the definition of “paying authority”, for “the 1979 Act” there shall be substituted “ the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”.

(3)In section 92 (interpretation of Part IV), in subsection (2), for “the 1979 Act” there shall be substituted “ the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”.

The Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14)U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F3030

The Local Government Act 1992 (c. 19)U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F3131

The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53)U.K.

32In Part I of Schedule 1 to the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (tribunals under direct supervision of Council on Tribunals), in paragraph 23, for “section 53(3) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c. 55)” there shall be substituted “ section 54(6) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25) ”.

The Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 9)U.K.

33In section 27 of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (interpretation of Part I), in subsection (1), in the definition of “petty sessions area”, for “the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”.

The Probation Service Act 1993 (c. 47)U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F3234

The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F3335

The Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (c. 37)U.K.

36In section 30 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (confiscation orders: application of proceeds etc.)—

(a)in subsection (8), for “section 61 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ section 60 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”; . . .

F34(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F34Sch. 5 para. 36(b) and the word “and” immediately preceding it repealed (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, s. 106, Sch. 15 Pt. V(7) (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 1999/2657, art. 2(d)(ii)(c)

The Police Act 1996 (c. 16)U.K.

37(1)The Police Act 1996 shall be amended as follows.

(2)In section 5 (reductions in size of police authorities), in subsection (2)(c), for “section 21(1A) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ section 29(2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”.

(3)In Schedule 2 (police authorities)—

(a)in paragraph 7, for “section 21(1A) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ section 29(2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”; and

(b)in paragraph 27, for “the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “ the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 ”.

Section 73(3).

SCHEDULE 6U.K. Repeals and revocations

Extent Information

E2Any repeal or revocation contained in Sch. 6, except as mentioned in s. 75(4), has the same extent as the provision it repeals or revokes, see s. 75(2)

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 6 partly in force: Sch. 6 in force at 19.6.1997 with certain exceptions, see ss. 73(1), 74(1)(b)

Part IU.K. Repeals

ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
1973 c. 15.The Administration of Justice Act 1973.In Schedule 1, paragraph 3.
1979 c. 55.The Justices of the Peace Act 1979.The whole Act.
1980 c. 43.The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.In Schedule 7, paragraphs 55 and 191 to 197.
1982 c. 53.The Administration of Justice Act 1982.Section 65.
1985 c. 51.The Local Government Act 1985.Section 12.
Section 60(6).
In Schedule 14, paragraph 57.
1988 c. 4.The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988.In Schedule 6, paragraph 20.
1988 c. 33.The Criminal Justice Act 1988.Section 164.
In Schedule 15, paragraph 63.
1988 c. 41.The Local Government Finance Act 1988.In Schedule 12, paragraph 2.
1988 c. 50.The Housing Act 1988.In Schedule 17, paragraph 27.
1989 c. 41.The Children Act 1989.In Schedule 11, paragraph 7.
1989 c. 43.The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989.In Schedule 2, paragraph 3.
1990 c. 41.The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.Section 108.
Section 117.
In Schedule 10, paragraphs 44 and 45.
1991 c. 17.The Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991.In Schedule 2, paragraph 4.
1991 c. 53.The Criminal Justice Act 1991.Section 93(3) and (4).
In section 99(1), the definition of “the 1979 Act”.
In Schedule 11, paragraph 40(2)(k).
1992 c. 14.The Local Government Finance Act 1992.In Schedule 13, paragraph 48.
1993 c. 8.The Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993.In Schedule 6, paragraph 19.
1994 c. 19.The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994.In Schedule 2, paragraph 10.
1994 c. 29.The Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994.Sections 69 to 90 and 91(2) and (3).
In Schedule 4, paragraph 54.
Schedule 7.
In Schedule 8, Part I.
1995 c. 25.The Environment Act 1995.In Schedule 10, paragraph 19.
1995 c. 26.The Pensions Act 1995.In Schedule 5, paragraph 8.
1996 c. 16.The Police Act 1996.In Schedule 7, paragraph 1(2)(o).
1996 c. 25.The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996.Section 70.

Part IIU.K. Revocations

ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
S.I. 1985/1383.The Local Government (Magistrates’ Courts etc.) Order 1985.In the Schedule, paragraph 3.
S.I. 1990/531.The Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (Amendment) Order 1990.The whole order.
S.I. 1994/2594The Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1994The whole order.
S.I. 1995/42.The Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995.The whole order.
S.I. 1995/685.The Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995.The whole order.
S.I. 1996/674.The Local Government Changes for England (Magistrates’ Courts) Regulations 1996.In the Schedule, paragraphs 1 and 4(2).
S.I. 1996/675.The Magistrates’ Courts (Wales) (Consequences of Local Government Changes) Order 1996.In the Schedule, paragraph 1.
S.I. 1996/676.The Commission Areas (Gwent, Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan) Order 1996.The whole order.
S.I. 1996/1924.The Maximum Number of Stipendiary Magistrates Order 1996.The whole Order.

E+WTABLE OF DERIVATIONS

Notes:

1This Table shows the derivation of the provisions of the Act.

2The following abbreviations are used in the Table:—

Acts of Parliament

1979= Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c.55)
1994= Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (c.29)

Subordinate legislation

1996/674= Local Government Changes for England (Magistrates’ Courts) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/674)
1996/675= Magistrates’ Courts (Wales) (Consequences of Local Government Changes) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/675)

3The functions of the Secretary of State under 1979 were transferred to the Lord Chancellor by the Transfer of Functions (Magistrates’ Courts and Family Law) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/709) Art.2(1)(a).

ProvisionDerivation
1(1)1979 s.1(a), (b), (c); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(1)(c).
(2)(a)Drafting.
(b)1979 s.1(aa); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) Sch.2 para.10(1); drafting.
(3)1979 s.1; 1996/674 Sch. para.1(1)(d).
2(1), (2)1979 s.2(1).
(3) to (5)1979 s.3.
31979 s.5(1).
4(1)(a)1979 s.4(1)(a), (c), (1A), (2)(b), (d); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(2); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) Sch.2 para.10(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(2).
(b)1979 s.4(1)(b), (d), (1A), (2)(c), (e); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(2); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) Sch.2 para.10(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(2).
(c)1979 s.4(2)(f); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(2).
(2)1979 s.4(1), (1A), (2)(b) to (e), Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(2); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) Sch.2 para.10(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(2).
5(1)1979 s.6(1); Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c.53) s.65.
(2)1979 s.6(2).
61979 s.7.
71979 s.8.
8(1)(a)1979 s.9(1).
(b)1979 s.9(2).
(2)1979 s.9(2).
91979 s.10.
10(1), (2)1979 s.12(1), (2).
(3)1979 s.12(3).
(4)1979 s.12(3).
(5)1979 s.12(4); Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670).
(6)1979 s.12(5).
(7)(a)1979 s.12(5)(a).
(b)1979 s.12(5)(c); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(3).
(c)1979 s.12(5)(e).
(d)1979 s.12(5)(b), (d), (f); 1994 Sch.8 para.1(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(3)(b); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(2).
(8)1979 s.12(5)(b), (d), (f); 1994 Sch.8 para.1(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(3)(b); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(2).
(9)1979 s.12(5A); 1994 Sch.8 para.1(3); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(3)(c).
(10)1979 s.12(6).
(11)1979 s.12(7).
(12)1979 s.69A; 1994 s.90.
11(1)1979 s.13(1); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) Sch.10 para.44(1).
(2), (3)1979 s.13(2), (3).
(4)1979 s.13(4); Maximum Number of Stipendiary Magistrates Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1924) Art.2.
(5)1979 s.13(5).
12(1)1979 s.14(1A); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c.8) Sch.6 para.19(2); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Commencement) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/631) Art.2.
(2)1979 s.14(1); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c.8) Sch.6 para.19(3)(a); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Commencement) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/631) Art.2.
(3)1979 s.14(3); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c.8) s.26(10), Sch.6 para.19(5).
13(1), (2)1979 s.15(1), (2).
(3)1979 s.15(2A); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) s.108(4); drafting.
(4)1979 s.15(3); Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670).
14(1)1979 s.16(2).
(2)1979 s.16(3), (4).
(3)1979 s.16(3).
(4)1979 s.16(3).
(5)1979 s.16(5)
(6)1979 s.16(4).
(7)1979 s.16(5); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.191(b); Children Act 1989 (c.41) Sch.11 para.7(a).
15(1)1979 s.16(1); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.191(a).
(2)1979 s.16(5); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.191(b); Children Act 1989 (c.41) Sch.11 para.7(a).
16(1)1979 s.31(1).
(2)1979 s.31(2); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) Sch.10 para.44(2).
(3)1979 s.31(3).
(4)1979 s.31(4); drafting.
(5)1979 s.31(6).
(6)1979 s.31(7).
17(1)1979 s.32(1); 1994 Sch.8 para.14.
(2), (3)1979 s.32(2), (3).
18(1)1979 s.33(2).
(2)1979 s.33(1).
(3)(a)1979 s.33(2).
(b)1979 s.33(3).
(4)1979 s.33(3); drafting.
(5)1979 s.33(3).
(6)1979 s.33(4).
(7)Drafting.
19(1)1979 s.34(1); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) Sch.10 para.44(2).
(2)1979 s.34(2).
(3)1979 s.34(2A); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) s.108(5); drafting.
(4)1979 s.34(3); Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670).
20(1)1979 s.34A(1); 1994 s.81.
(2)1979 s.34A(1); 1994 s.81.
(3) to (6)1979 s.34A(2) to (5); 1994 s.81.
21(1), (2)1979 s.39(1), (2).
(3)1979 s.39(3).
22(1)1979 s.17(1); 1994 Sch.8 para.2(2).
(2)1979 s.17(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.2(3).
(3)1979 s.17(2A); 1994 Sch.8 para.2(4).
(4)1979 s.17(3); Children Act 1989 (c.41) Sch.11 para.7(b); Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53) s.70.
(5)1979 s.31(5).
231979 s.40.
24(1)1979 s.18(1).
(2)(a)1979 s.18(2)(a).
(b)1979 s.18(2)(b); 1994 Sch.8 para.3(a).
(c) to (e)1979 s.18(2)(c) to (e); 1994 Sch.8 para.3(b).
(3)1979 s.18(3).
(4)1979 s.18(4); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.192.
(5)1979 s.18(5).
25(1), (2)1979 s.11(1), (2).
(3)1979 s.43; drafting.
(4)1979 s.11(3).
261979 s.68; drafting.
27(1)1979 s.19(1); 1994 Sch.8 para.4(2).
(2)1979 s.19(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.4(3); drafting.
(a)1979 s.19(2)(a); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) Sch.2 para.10(3); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(4).
(b)1979 s.19(2)(b).
(c)1979 s.19(2)(c); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(4)(b).
(d)1979 s.19(2)(cc); 1994 s.79(4).
(e)1979 s.19(2)(d).
(3)1979 s.19(2)(bb); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) Sch.2 para.10(3); 1994 Sch.8 para.4(3); drafting.
281979 s.20; 1994 s.70.
29(1)1979 s.21(1).
(2)1979 s.21(1A); 1994 s.71(2).
(3), (4)1979 s.21(2), (2A); 1994 s.71(3).
(5)1979 s.21(3).
(6)1979 s.69A; 1994 s.90.
(7)1979 s.21(4).
30(1), (2)1979 s.22(1), (1A); 1994 s.72(2).
(3)1979 s.22(3); 1994 Sch.8 para.5.
(4)1979 s.22(4); 1994 s.72(4).
(5)1979 s.22(4A); 1994 s.72(5).
(6) to (8)1979 s.22(5) to (7).
(9) to (12)1979 s.22(8) to (11); 1994 s.72(6).
311979 s.22A; 1994 s.73.
32(1) to (9)1994 s.69(1) to (9).
(10)1994 s.69(10); drafting.
33(1)1979 s.23(1); 1994 Sch.8 para.6(2).
(2)1979 s.23(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.6(3).
(3)1979 s.23(3).
(4)1979 s.23(4); 1994 Sch.8 para.6(4).
(5)1979 s.42; 1994 Sch.8 para.17; drafting.
(6)1979 s.23(5).
34(1)(a)1979 s.24(1)(a); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(8)(a)(i); 1994 Sch.8 para.7(2)(a), (c); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(5)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(3).
(b)1979 s.24(1)(b); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(8)(a)(ii); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(3); drafting.
(2)1979 s.24(2).
(3)1979 s.24(2); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(8) (b); 1994 Sch.8 para.7(3)(a), (c); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(5)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(3); drafting.
(4)1979 s.24(3).
(5)(a)1979 s.24(1)(a), (2); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(8); 1994 Sch.8 para.7(2), (3); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(5)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(3).
(b)1979 s.24(6)(a); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(8)(d); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(5)(b).
(c)1979 s.70 (“prescribed”)
(d)1979 s.24(6)(b).
35(1), (2)1979 s.24A(1), (2); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2).
(3)1979 s.24A(2A); 1994 Sch.8 para.8(3).
(4)1979 s.24A(3); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2).
36(1)(a)1979 s.24B(1)(a); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.9; 1996/674 Sch. para.1(6)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(4).
(b)1979 s.24B(1)(b); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2); drafting.
(2)1979 s.24B(2); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2).
(3)1979 s.24B(2); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.9; 1996/674 Sch. para.1(6)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(4).
(4)1979 s.24B(3); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2).
(5)(a)1979 s.24B(1)(a), (2); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.9; 1996/674 Sch. para.1(6)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(4).
(b)1979 s.24B(4)(a); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(6)(b).
(c)1979 s.70 (“prescribed”).
(d)1979 s.24B(4)(b); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2).
37(1) to (3)1979 s.24C; 1994 s.74.
(4)1979 ss.69A, 70 (“prescribed”); 1994 s.90.
381994 s.88.
391994 s.89.
40(1) to (7)1979 s.24D(1) to (7); 1994 s.75.
(8)1979 ss.24D(8), 69A; 1994 ss.75, 90.
411979 s.24E; 1994 s.75.
42(1) to (8)1979 s.25(1) to (8); 1994 s.76.
(9)1979 ss.25(9), 69A; 1994 ss.76, 90.
43(a)1979 s.26(1)(a), (3); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) Sch.10 para.45; 1994 Sch.8 para.10(3).
(b)1979 s.26(1)(b).
44(1)1979 s.26A(1); 1994 s.77.
(2)1979 s.27(6); 1994 Sch.8 para.11(3).
(3)1979 s.27(8); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.193; 1994 Sch.8 para.11(4).
45(1)1979 s.28(1); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.194; drafting.
(2)1979 s.28(1A); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) s.117.
(3)1979 s.28(2).
(4)1979 s.28(3).
(5)1979 s.28(3).
(6)1979 s.28(3).
(7)(a)1979 s.28(3).
(b)1979 s.28(4).
461979 s.29(1), (2)(b), (3); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.195; Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991 (c.17) Sch.2 para.4.
47(1)1979 s.30(1), (2); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.196.
(2)1979 s.30(3).
481979 s.30A; 1994 s.78.
491979 s.34B; 1994 Sch.8 para.15.
501994 s.82.
511979 s.44; Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) s.108(2).
521979 s.45; Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) s.108(3).
531979 s.50.
54(1)1979 s.53(1), (1A); Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c.25) s.70(1); drafting.
(2)(a)1979 s.53(1), (1A); Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c.25) s.70(1).
(b)1979 s.53(1).
(3) to (5)1979 s.53(2).
(6)1979 s.53(3); 1994 Sch.8 para.18(2).
(7)1979 s.53(3A); 1994 Sch.8 para.18(3).
(8)1979 s.53(4); 1994 Sch.8 para.18(4).
(9)1979 s.53(5); 1994 Sch.8 para.18(5).
55(1) to (5)1979 s.55(1) to (5); 1994 s.83(1).
(6)1979 s.55(6); 1994 s.83(1); Pensions Act 1995 (c.26) Sch.5 para.8.
(7) to (9)1979 s.55(7) to (9); 1994 s.83(1).
(10)1979 s.55(10); 1994 s.83(1); drafting.
561979 s.56; 1994 s.83(1).
57(1)1979 s.59(1); Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53) s.93(3); 1994 Sch.8 para.19(2).
(2) to (7)1979 s.59(2) to (7); Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53) s.93(3).
(8)1979 s.59(8); 1994 Sch.8 para.19(3).
58(1)1979 s.59A(1); 1994 s.84; Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.4(j).
(2)1979 s.59A(2); 1994 s.84.
59(1)1979 s.62A(1); 1994 s.85.
(2)1979 ss.62A(2), 69A; 1994 ss.85, 90.
60(1)1979 s.61(1); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.197; Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) Sch.15 para.63.
(2) to (5)1979 s.61(2) to (5).
(6)1979 s.61(7).
611979 s.62(1); 1994 Sch.8 para.20.
621994 s.86(1) to (5).
631994 s.87.
64(1)1979 s.63(1).
(2)1979 s.63(4).
(3)1979 s.63(5); 1994 Sch.8 para.21.
651979 s.63A; Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c.43) Sch.2 para.3.
66(1), (2)1979 s.64(1), (2).
(3), (4)1979 s.64(3).
(5), (6)1979 s.64(4), (5).
(7)1979 s.64(2A), (6); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) Sch.14 para.57(b); Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c.4) Sch.6 para.20; Housing Act 1988 (c.50) Sch.17 para.27; 1994 Sch.4 para.54; Environment Act 1995 (c.25) Sch.10 para.19; Police Act 1996 (c.16) Sch.7 para.1(1), (2)(o).
671979 s.65; Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (Amendment) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/531) Art.2(2); Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14) Sch.13 para.48; drafting.
68(1)1979 s.66(1).
(2)1979 s.66(2); drafting.
691979 s.67.
70(1)1979 ss.24A(2A), 41(1); Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c.41) Sch.12 para.2; 1994 Sch.8 para.8(3); drafting.
(2)1979 s.41(2).
711979 s.69; drafting.
72(1)“capital expenditure”: 1979 s.70 (“capital expenditure”); Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53) s.93(4).
“commission area”, “justices’ clerk”: 1979 s.70 (“commission area”, “justices’ clerk”).
“London commission areas”, “inner London area” and “outer London area”: 1979 s.70 (“London commission areas”, “inner London area” and “outer London areas”).
“magistrate”, “magistrates’ courts committee area”: 1979 s.70 (“magistrate”, “magistrates’ courts committee area”); 1994 Sch.8 para.22.
“officer”, “petty sessional court-house”, “petty sessions area”: 1979 s.70 (“officer”, “petty sessional court-house”, “petty sessions area”).
“preserved county”: 1979 s.70 (“preserved county”); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) Sch.2 para.10(4).
“retained county”: 1979 s.70 (“relevant area”); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(7)(a); drafting.
“stipendiary magistrate”, “the supplemental list”:1979 s.70 (“stipendiary magistrate”, “the supplemental list”).
“unitary district”: 1979 s.70 (“unitary district”); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(7)(b).
(2)Drafting.
73
74
75(1) to (4)
(5)1979 s.72(3); 1994 s.96(1).
Sch. 1Commission Areas (Gwent, Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/676) Arts.4, 5.
Sch. 2 Part I1979 s.2(1)(a).
Part II1979 s.2(1)(b) to (e).
Sch. 3, 11994 Sch.7 para.1; drafting.
2 to 61994 Sch.7 para.2 to 6.
Sch. 4, 1 to 5
61979 Sch.1 para.9; drafting.
7(1)
(2)(a)
(b)Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.6(2)(a).
(c)
(d)Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.6(2)(b), (c).
(e)Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.6(2)(c).
(f)
(3) to (8)
8, 9
101994 s.79(2), (3).
11(1), (2)1994 s.80(2) to (4).
(3)1994 s.80(5), (6); drafting.
(4)1994 s.80(7); Police and Magistrates’ Courts (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.4(f).
12(1), (2)
(3), (4)1979 Sch.1 para.8; drafting.
(5)
13, 14
15Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.5(4); drafting.
16Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.6(1); drafting.
17(1)1979 s.26A(2); 1994 s.77; Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.4(e).
(2)1979 s.26A(3); 1994 s.77.
(3) to (5)1979 s.27(1), (2), (4); 1994 s.91(2).
181979 Sch.1 para.14; drafting.
191979 Sch.1 para.11, 12; drafting.
20(1), (2)1979 Sch.1 para.13; drafting.
(3)Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/42) Art.3.
21, 22
23Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c.25) s.70(2); Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Appointed Day No. 1) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/2343) Art.2.
24
251979 s.71(3); drafting.
261979 Sch.1 para 15; drafting.
271979 Sch.1 para.17; 1994 Sch.8 para.23.
28, 29
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