Article 8
1. After paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“8A. In paragraph 8 above, a reference to a county or part of a county includes a reference to an outer London area (within the meaning of section 2 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979) or part of such an area.”.
2. After section 2(2) of the Licensing Act 1964, there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(2A) In paragraph (c) of subsection (2) above, the reference to the county justices acting for a petty sessions area includes a reference to the justices of a London commission area (within the meaning of section 2 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979) who act for a petty sessions area in that area.”.
3. In section 57 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979, after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(1A) In section 55 of this Act a reference to the county justices is, in relation to the application of the section to an outer London borough, to be treated as a reference to the justices of the outer London area in which the borough is situated.”.
4. The Petty Sessional Divisions (Review) Regulations 1952 shall be amended as follows—
(a)In Regulation 2(1)(a), for the words “the County Council” there shall be substituted the words, “the non-metropolitan county council or, where the draft order or report is submitted by a committee for a metropolitan district or outer London borough, the clerk to the metropolitan district council or outer London borough council”;
(b)In Regulation 4(a), for the words “the county council” there shall be substituted the words, “the non-metropolitan county council or, where the order relates to a metropolitan district or outer London borough, the metropolitan district council or outer London borough council”;
(c)In Regulation 5(1), for the definition of “committee” there shall be substituted the following definition—
““committee” means
5. In Regulation 2(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Committees (Constitution) Regulations 1973, after the definition of “justice” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““metropolitan district”
6. In Regulation 2(2) of Schedule 2 to the Justices Allowances Regulations 1976(1), the words “the Greater London Council” shall be omitted.
, amended by S.I. 1976/2118.