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21.—(1) Justices of the peace appointed for a commission area within which is situated the area of a charging authority shall have jurisdiction to act under the provisions of this Part as respects that authority.
(2) Subject to any other enactment authorising a stipendiary magistrate or other person to act by himself, a magistrates' court shall not under this Part hear a summons, entertain an application for a warrant or hold an inquiry as to means on such an application except when composed of at least two justices.
(3) References to a justice of the peace in regulations 12(2) and 15(2) shall be construed subject to rule 3 of the Justices' Clerks Rules 1970(1) (which authorises certain matters authorised to be done by a justice of the peace to be done by a justices' clerk).
S.I. 1970/231, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
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