Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)
209(1)Amend section 59A (orders for periodical payment: proceedings by justices' chief executive) as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)for “a justices' chief executive” substitute “the designated officer for a magistrates' court”,
(b)for “the relevant justices' chief executive” substitute “the relevant designated officer”, and
(c)for “to that justices' chief executive” substitute “to that designated officer”.
(3)In subsection (2)—
(a)for “a justices' chief executive” substitute “the designated officer for a magistrates' court”, and
(b)for “the relevant justices' chief executive for him” substitute “the relevant designated officer for him”.
(4)In subsection (3), for “the relevant justices' chief executive, he” substitute “the relevant designated officer, he”.
(5)In subsection (4)—
(a)for “a justices' chief executive” substitute “the relevant designated officer”,
(b)for “justices' chief executive cancelling” substitute “relevant designated officer cancelling”, and
(c)for “justices' chief executive shall” substitute “relevant designated officer shall”.
(6)In subsection (7), for the definition of “the relevant justices' chief executive” substitute—
““the relevant designated officer”, in relation to an order, means—
(a)in a case where payments under the order are required to be made to or through the designated officer for a magistrates' court, the designated officer for that magistrates' court;
(b)in a case where such payments are required to be made by any method of payment falling within section 59(6) and the order was made by a magistrates' court, the designated officer for that magistrates' court; and
(c)in a case where such payments are required to be made by any method of payment falling within section 59(6) and the order was not made by a magistrates' court, the designated officer for the magistrates' court in which the order is registered;”.
(7)In the section heading, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.