Courts Act 1971

24In the Criminal Justice Act 1948—

(a)in all places where there occurs a reference to a court of assize or quarter sessions (sections 6(3)(b) and (4), 8(4)(6)(8), 11(4), 14(1), 17(1)) there shall be substituted a reference to the Crown Court, and

(b)in all places where there occurs a reference to a court of quarter sessions (sections 14(5), 20(5)(a), 37(3)(6)) there shall be substituted a reference to the Crown Court.