Interpretation
1. In this Schedule–
“the 1997 Act” means the Justices of the Peace Act 1997;
“the Constitution Regulations” means the Magistrates' Courts Committees (Constitution) Regulations 1994(1);
“the first appointed day” means 1st July 1999 or such earlier day as the transferor committees shall appoint for the establishment of the selection panel;
“the second appointed day” means 1st August 1999 or such earlier day as the transferor committees shall appoint for the establishment of the transferee committee;
“the amalgamation date” means 1st April 2000;
“the transferor committees” means the magistrates' courts committees abolished by article 2;
“the transferee committee” means the magistrates' courts committee constituted by article 3;
“bench” means the justices assigned to a petty sessions area;
“interested authority”, in relation to this Order, has the meaning given by section 32(10) of the 1997 Act;
a reference to a justice for a committee area means a justice who ordinarily acts or will act in and for a petty sessions area comprised or formerly comprised in that committee area;
all other words and phrases have the same meanings as in the Constitution Regulations.
S.I. 1994/2811.