The Local Government (Magistrates' Courts etc.) Order 1985

Suspension of Elections etc

7.—(1) Unless the justices for a petty sessional division of an outer London area otherwise resolve, the election to the offices and the appointments of or to the panel or committees to which paragraph (2) of this Article applies due, apart from this paragraph, to be held or made in October 1985 or, in the case of the appointments in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2) of this Article, in October, November or December 1985 shall not take place and the persons holding the office or who are members of or form the panel or committee at the time the election or appointment would, apart from this paragraph, have been made shall continue to hold office or to be members of or to form the panel or committee, as appropriate, until immediately before 1st April 1986.

(2) This paragraph applies to—

(a) the election of the chairman and deputy chairman of the justices in a petty sessional division of an outer London area;

(b) the appointment of justices to form a juvenile court panel for such a division;

(c) the appointment of members of a licensing committee for such a division;

(d) the appointment of a betting licensing committee for such a division.

(3) Paragraph (1) of this Article shall apply to the appointment of members of an existing magistrates' courts committee for an outer London area as if the reference to a resolution of the justices for a petty sessional division were a reference to a resolution of the magistrates for the outer London area and paragraph (2) of this Article applied to the appointment of members of such a committee.

(4) Unless the justices for a petty sessional division of an outer London area otherwise resolve, the appointment of a member of a probation liaison committee for such a division due, apart from this paragraph, to be made before 1st April 1986 on the expiry of the appointment of a member of the committee shall not be made and any member of the committee whose membership, apart from this paragraph, is due to expire before that date shall continue to be a member of the committee until immediately before 1st April 1986, save that the justices may not pass any such resolution in respect of a member of a probation liaison committee who was appointed by the Secretary of State to the committee.

(5) In paragraph (4) above, “appointment” includes appointment by way of being co-opted.