The Local Government (Magistrates' Courts etc.) Order 1986

Interpretation

10.  In this Part of this Order—

“justice” means a justice of the peace and any reference to a justice for a petty sessional division shall be construed as a reference to a justice who, as regards a time before 1st April 1986, ordinarily acts in and for that division and any reference to a justice for a petty sessions area shall be construed as a reference to a justice who, on and after 1st April 1986, ordinarily acts in and for that area;

“petty sessional division” means any of the petty sessional divisions listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 to this Order, being petty sessional divisions which, in consequence of section 12 of the 1985 Act, cease to exist on 1st April 1986;

“petty sessions area” has, except where the context otherwise requires, the same meaning as in section 4(2)(d) of the 1979 Act as amended by section 12(2) of the 1985 Act;

“respective new petty sessions area” in relation to a petty sessional division means the petty sessions area comprising the outer London borough specified opposite to that division in column (2) of Schedule 2 to this Order;

“community service order” means an order under section 14 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973;

“probation order” means a probation order made, or having effect as if made, under section 2 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973;

“supervision order” means any of the following orders, that is to say—

(a)

a supervision order within the meaning of section 11 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969;

(b)

an order under section 2(1)(f) of the Matrimonial Proceedings (Magistrates' Courts) Act 1960(1) or section 9 of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978;

(c)

an order under section 2(2)(a) of the Guardianship Act 1973(2);

(d)

a supervision order within the meaning of section 26 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973;

(e)

an order under section 17(1)(a) or section 36(3)(b) of the Children Act 1975(3).

(1)

section 2 was repealed by section 89 and Schedule 3 to the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c. 22), but orders made under section 2 are saved by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to that Act.

(2)

section 2(2) was amended by section 38(2) of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978.

(3)

section 17 was amended by section 72(1) of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978.