Courts Act 2003

[F1 Senior Courts Act 1981] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 8: cross-heading substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 1; {S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)}

259 (1) Amend section 8 (the Crown Court) as follows. U.K.

(2) For subsection (2), substitute—

“(2) A justice of the peace is not disqualified from acting as a judge of the Crown Court merely because the proceedings are not at a place within the local justice area to which he is assigned or because the proceedings are not related to that area in any other way.”

F2 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 8 para. 259(3) repealed (2.4.2012) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), s. 32(3), Sch. 5; S.I. 2012/669, art. 4(f)(i)

260 U.K. In section 9(6A) (Circuit judge and Recorder not to exercise powers of single judge), after “31” insert “ , 31B, 31C ”.

F3 261 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 8 para. 261 repealed (2.4.2012) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), s. 32(3), Sch. 5; S.I. 2012/669, art. 4(f)(i)

262 U.K. In—

(a) section 125 (copies of wills and grants),

(b) section 126(1) (depositaries for wills of living persons), and

(c) section 134(2) (right to inspect power of attorney on payment of the prescribed fee),

for “the prescribed fee” substitute “ the fee prescribed by an order under section 92 of the Courts Act 2003 (fees) ”.

263 U.K. Omit section 130 (fees to be taken in [F4 Senior Courts]).

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Sch. 8 para. 263 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 4; {S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)}

264 U.K. Omit sections 138, 138A and 138B (effect of writs of execution against goods).

265 U.K. In section 151(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “prescribed”, omit paragraph (b) and “and” before it.