SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Minor and consequential amendments

Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)

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1

Amend section 121 (constitution and place of sitting of court) as follows.

2

Omit subsection (3).

3

For subsection (4), substitute—

4

Subject to the provisions of any enactment to the contrary, a magistrates' court must sit in open court if it is—

a

trying summarily an information for an indictable offence,

b

trying an information for a summary offence,

c

imposing imprisonment,

d

hearing a complaint, or

e

holding an inquiry into the means of an offender for the purposes of section 82.

4

In subsection (5), omit “, or sitting in an occasional court-house”.