SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9Single county court in England and Wales

Part 1Amendments of the County Courts Act 1984

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1

Section 14 (penalty for assaulting officer of a court) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

for “a court” substitute “ the county court ”,

b

for “judge”, in both places, substitute “ court ”, and

c

for “a bailiff” substitute “ an officer ”.

3

Omit subsection (3) (which provided for “judge” to include district judge and deputies, but which will become superfluous as a result of amendments made by this Schedule).