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Justices of the Peace Act 1997

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The functions of the Secretary of State under 1979 were transferred to the Lord Chancellor by the Transfer of Functions (Magistrates' Courts and Family Law) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/709) Art.2(1)(a).

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1(1)1979 s.1(a), (b), (c); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(1)(c).
(2)(a)Drafting.
(b)1979 s.1(aa); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) Sch.2 para.10(1); drafting.
(3)1979 s.1; 1996/674 Sch. para.1(1)(d).
2(1), (2)1979 s.2(1).
(3) to (5)1979 s.3.
31979 s.5(1).
4(1)(a)1979 s.4(1)(a), (c), (1A), (2)(b), (d); Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) s.12(2); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) Sch.2 para.10(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(2).
(b)1979 s.4(1)(b), (d), (1A), (2)(c), (e); Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) s.12(2); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) Sch.2 para.10(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(2).
(c)1979 s.4(2)(f); Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) s.12(2).
(2)1979 s.4(1), (1A), (2)(b) to (e), Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) s.12(2); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) Sch.2 para.10(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(2).
5(1)1979 s.6(1); Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53) s.65.
(2)1979 s.6(2).
61979 s.7.
71979 s.8.
8(1)(a)1979 s.9(1).
(b)1979 s.9(2).
(2)1979 s.9(2).
91979 s.10.
10(1), (2)1979 s.12(1), (2).
(3)1979 s.12(3).
(4)1979 s.12(3).
(5)1979 s.12(4); Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670).
(6)1979 s.12(5).
(7)(a)1979 s.12(5)(a).
(b)1979 s.12(5)(c); Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) s.12(3).
(c)1979 s.12(5)(e).
(d)1979 s.12(5)(b), (d), (f); 1994 Sch.8 para.1(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(3)(b); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(2).
(8)1979 s.12(5)(b), (d), (f); 1994 Sch.8 para.1(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(3)(b); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(2).
(9)1979 s.12(5A); 1994 Sch.8 para.1(3); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(3)(c).
(10)1979 s.12(6).
(11)1979 s.12(7).
(12)1979 s.69A; 1994 s.90.
11(1)1979 s.13(1); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) Sch.10 para.44(1).
(2), (3)1979 s.13(2), (3).
(4)1979 s.13(4); Maximum Number of Stipendiary Magistrates Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1924) Art.2.
(5)1979 s.13(5).
12(1)1979 s.14(1A); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8) Sch.6 para.19(2); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Commencement) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/631) Art.2.
(2)1979 s.14(1); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8) Sch.6 para.19(3)(a); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Commencement) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/631) Art.2.
(3)1979 s.14(3); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8) s.26(10), Sch.6 para.19(5).
13(1), (2)1979 s.15(1), (2).
(3)1979 s.15(2A); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) s.108(4); drafting.
(4)1979 s.15(3); Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670).
14(1)1979 s.16(2).
(2)1979 s.16(3), (4).
(3)1979 s.16(3).
(4)1979 s.16(3).
(5)1979 s.16(5)
(6)1979 s.16(4).
(7)1979 s.16(5); Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) Sch.7 para.191(b); Children Act 1989 (c. 41) Sch.11 para.7(a).
15(1)1979 s.16(1); Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) Sch.7 para.191(a).
(2)1979 s.16(5); Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) Sch.7 para.191(b); Children Act 1989 (c. 41) Sch.11 para.7(a).
16(1)1979 s.31(1).
(2)1979 s.31(2); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) Sch.10 para.44(2).
(3)1979 s.31(3).
(4)1979 s.31(4); drafting.
(5)1979 s.31(6).
(6)1979 s.31(7).
17(1)1979 s.32(1); 1994 Sch.8 para.14.
(2), (3)1979 s.32(2), (3).
18(1)1979 s.33(2).
(2)1979 s.33(1).
(3)(a)1979 s.33(2).
(b)1979 s.33(3).
(4)1979 s.33(3); drafting.
(5)1979 s.33(3).
(6)1979 s.33(4).
(7) Drafting.
19(1)1979 s.34(1); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) Sch.10 para.44(2).
(2)1979 s.34(2).
(3)1979 s.34(2A); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) s.108(5); drafting.
(4)1979 s.34(3); Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670).
20(1)1979 s.34A(1); 1994 s.81.
(2)1979 s.34A(1); 1994 s.81.
(3) to (6)1979 s.34A(2) to (5); 1994 s.81.
21(1), (2)1979 s.39(1), (2).
(3)1979 s.39(3).
22(1)1979 s.17(1); 1994 Sch.8 para.2(2).
(2)1979 s.17(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.2(3).
(3)1979 s.17(2A); 1994 Sch.8 para.2(4).
(4)1979 s.17(3); Children Act 1989 (c. 41) Sch.11 para.7(b); Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) s.70.
(5)1979 s.31(5).
231979 s.40.
24(1)1979 s.18(1).
(2)(a)1979 s.18(2)(a).
(b)1979 s.18(2)(b); 1994 Sch.8 para.3(a).
(c) to (e)1979 s.18(2)(c) to (e); 1994 Sch.8 para.3(b).
(3)1979 s.18(3).
(4)1979 s.18(4); Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) Sch.7 para.192.
(5)1979 s.18(5).
25(1), (2)1979 s.11(1), (2).
(3)1979 s.43; drafting.
(4)1979 s.11(3).
261979 s.68; drafting.
27(1)1979 s.19(1); 1994 Sch.8 para.4(2).
(2)1979 s.19(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.4(3); drafting.
(a)1979 s.19(2)(a); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) Sch.2 para.10(3); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(4).
(b)1979 s.19(2)(b).
(c)1979 s.19(2)(c); Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) s.12(4)(b).
(d)1979 s.19(2)(cc); 1994 s.79(4).
(e)1979 s.19(2)(d).
(3)1979 s.19(2)(bb); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) Sch.2 para.10(3); 1994 Sch.8 para.4(3); drafting.
281979 s.20; 1994 s.70.
29(1)1979 s.21(1).
(2)1979 s.21(1A); 1994 s.71(2).
(3), (4)1979 s.21(2), (2A); 1994 s.71(3).
(5)1979 s.21(3).
(6)1979 s.69A; 1994 s.90.
(7)1979 s.21(4).
30(1), (2)1979 s.22(1), (1A); 1994 s.72(2).
(3)1979 s.22(3); 1994 Sch.8 para.5.
(4)1979 s.22(4); 1994 s.72(4).
(5)1979 s.22(4A); 1994 s.72(5).
(6) to (8)1979 s.22(5) to (7).
(9) to (12)1979 s.22(8) to (11); 1994 s.72(6).
311979 s.22A; 1994 s.73.
32(1) to (9) 1994 s.69(1) to (9).
(10)1994 s.69(10); drafting.
33(1)1979 s.23(1); 1994 Sch.8 para.6(2).
(2)1979 s.23(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.6(3).
(3)1979 s.23(3).
(4)1979 s.23(4); 1994 Sch.8 para.6(4).
(5)1979 s.42; 1994 Sch.8 para.17; drafting.
(6)1979 s.23(5).
34(1)(a)1979 s.24(1)(a); Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) s.12(8)(a)(i); 1994 Sch.8 para.7(2)(a), (c); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(5)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(3).
(b)1979 s.24(1)(b); Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) s.12(8)(a)(ii); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(3); drafting.
(2)1979 s.24(2).
(3)1979 s.24(2); Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) s.12(8) (b); 1994 Sch.8 para.7(3)(a), (c); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(5)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(3); drafting.
(4)1979 s.24(3).
(5)(a)1979 s.24(1)(a), (2); Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) s.12(8); 1994 Sch.8 para.7(2), (3); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(5)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(3).
(b)1979 s.24(6)(a); Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) s.12(8)(d); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(5)(b).
(c)1979 s.70 (“prescribed”)
(d)1979 s.24(6)(b).
35(1), (2)1979 s.24A(1), (2); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) s.164(2).
(3)1979 s.24A(2A); 1994 Sch.8 para.8(3).
(4)1979 s.24A(3); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) s.164(2).
36(1)(a)1979 s.24B(1)(a); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) s.164(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.9; 1996/674 Sch. para.1(6)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(4).
(b)1979 s.24B(1)(b); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) s.164(2); drafting.
(2)1979 s.24B(2); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) s.164(2).
(3)1979 s.24B(2); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) s.164(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.9; 1996/674 Sch. para.1(6)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(4).
(4)1979 s.24B(3); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) s.164(2).
(5)(a)1979 s.24B(1)(a), (2); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) s.164(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.9; 1996/674 Sch. para.1(6)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(4).
(b)1979 s.24B(4)(a); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) s.164(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(6)(b).
(c)1979 s.70 (“prescribed”).
(d)1979 s.24B(4)(b); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) s.164(2).
37(1) to (3)1979 s.24C; 1994 s.74.
(4)1979 ss.69A, 70 (“prescribed”); 1994 s.90.
381994 s.88.
391994 s.89.
40(1) to (7)1979 s.24D(1) to (7); 1994 s.75.
(8)1979 ss.24D(8), 69A; 1994 ss.75, 90.
411979 s.24E; 1994 s.75.
42(1) to (8)1979 s.25(1) to (8); 1994 s.76.
(9)1979 ss.25(9), 69A; 1994 ss.76, 90.
43(a)1979 s.26(1)(a), (3); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) Sch.10 para.45; 1994 Sch.8 para.10(3).
(b)1979 s.26(1)(b).
44(1)1979 s.26A(1); 1994 s.77.
(2)1979 s.27(6); 1994 Sch.8 para.11(3).
(3)1979 s.27(8); Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) Sch.7 para.193; 1994 Sch.8 para.11(4).
45(1)1979 s.28(1); Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) Sch.7 para.194; drafting.
(2)1979 s.28(1A); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) s.117.
(3)1979 s.28(2).
(4)1979 s.28(3).
(5)1979 s.28(3).
(6)1979 s.28(3).
(7)(a)1979 s.28(3).
(b)1979 s.28(4).
461979 s.29(1), (2)(b), (3); Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) Sch.7 para.195; Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991 (c. 17) Sch.2 para.4.
47(1)1979 s.30(1), (2); Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) Sch.7 para.196.
(2)1979 s.30(3).
481979 s.30A; 1994 s.78.
491979 s.34B; 1994 Sch.8 para.15.
50 1994 s.82.
511979 s.44; Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) s.108(2).
521979 s.45; Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) s.108(3).
531979 s.50.
54(1)1979 s.53(1), (1A); Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25) s.70(1); drafting.
(2)(a)1979 s.53(1), (1A); Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25) s.70(1).
(b)1979 s.53(1).
(3) to (5)1979 s.53(2).
(6)1979 s.53(3); 1994 Sch.8 para.18(2).
(7)1979 s.53(3A); 1994 Sch.8 para.18(3).
(8)1979 s.53(4); 1994 Sch.8 para.18(4).
(9)1979 s.53(5); 1994 Sch.8 para.18(5).
55(1) to (5)1979 s.55(1) to (5); 1994 s.83(1).
(6)1979 s.55(6); 1994 s.83(1); Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26) Sch.5 para.8.
(7) to (9)1979 s.55(7) to (9); 1994 s.83(1).
(10)1979 s.55(10); 1994 s.83(1); drafting.
561979 s.56; 1994 s.83(1).
57(1)1979 s.59(1); Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) s.93(3); 1994 Sch.8 para.19(2).
(2) to (7)1979 s.59(2) to (7); Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) s.93(3).
(8)1979 s.59(8); 1994 Sch.8 para.19(3).
58(1)1979 s.59A(1); 1994 s.84; Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.4(j).
(2)1979 s.59A(2); 1994 s.84.
59(1)1979 s.62A(1); 1994 s.85.
(2)1979 ss.62A(2), 69A; 1994 ss.85, 90.
60(1)1979 s.61(1); Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) Sch.7 para.197; Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) Sch.15 para.63.
(2) to (5)1979 s.61(2) to (5).
(6)1979 s.61(7).
611979 s.62(1); 1994 Sch.8 para.20.
621994 s.86(1) to (5).
631994 s.87.
64(1)1979 s.63(1).
(2)1979 s.63(4).
(3)1979 s.63(5); 1994 Sch.8 para.21.
651979 s.63A; Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43) Sch.2 para.3.
66(1), (2)1979 s.64(1), (2).
(3), (4)1979 s.64(3).
(5), (6)1979 s.64(4), (5).
(7)1979 s.64(2A), (6); Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) Sch.14 para.57(b); Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4) Sch.6 para.20; Housing Act 1988 (c. 50) Sch.17 para.27; 1994 Sch.4 para.54; Environment Act 1995 (c. 25) Sch.10 para.19; Police Act 1996 (c. 16) Sch.7 para.1(1), (2)(o).
671979 s.65; Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (Amendment) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/531) Art.2(2); Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) Sch.13 para.48; drafting.
68(1)1979 s.66(1).
(2)1979 s.66(2); drafting.
691979 s.67.
70(1)1979 ss.24A(2A), 41(1); Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41) Sch.12 para.2; 1994 Sch.8 para.8(3); drafting.
(2)1979 s.41(2).
711979 s.69; drafting.
72(1)“capital expenditure”: 1979 s.70 (“capital expenditure”); Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) s.93(4).
“commission area”, “justices' clerk”: 1979 s.70 (“commission area”, “justices' clerk”).
“London commission areas”, “inner London area” and “outer London area”: 1979 s.70 (“London commission areas”, “inner London area” and “outer London areas”).
“magistrate”, “magistrates' courts committee area”: 1979 s.70 (“magistrate”, “magistrates' courts committee area”); 1994 Sch.8 para.22.
“officer”, “petty sessional court-house”, “petty sessions area”: 1979 s.70 (“officer”, “petty sessional court-house”, “petty sessions area”).
“preserved county”: 1979 s.70 (“preserved county”); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) Sch.2 para.10(4).
“retained county”: 1979 s.70 (“relevant area”); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(7)(a); drafting.
“stipendiary magistrate”, “the supplemental list”: 1979 s.70 (“stipendiary magistrate”, “the supplemental list”).
“unitary district”: 1979 s.70 (“unitary district”); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(7)(b).
(2)Drafting.
73—
74—
75(1) to (4)—
(5)1979 s.72(3); 1994 s.96(1).
Sch. 1Commission Areas (Gwent, Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/676) Arts.4, 5.
Sch. 2 Part I1979 s.2(1)(a).
Part II1979 s.2(1)(b) to (e).
Sch. 3, 11994 Sch.7 para.1; drafting.
2 to 61994 Sch.7 para.2 to 6.
Sch. 4, 1 to 5—
61979 Sch.1 para.9; drafting.
7(1)—
(2)(a)—
(b)Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.6(2)(a).
(c)—
(d)Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.6(2)(b), (c).
(e)Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.6(2)(c).
(f)—
(3) to (8)—
8, 9—
101994 s.79(2), (3).
11(1), (2)1994 s.80(2) to (4).
(3)1994 s.80(5), (6); drafting.
(4)1994 s.80(7); Police and Magistrates' Courts (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.4(f).
12(1), (2)—
(3), (4)1979 Sch.1 para.8; drafting.
(5)—
13, 14—
15Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.5(4); drafting.
16Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.6(1); drafting.
17(1)1979 s.26A(2); 1994 s.77; Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.4(e).
(2)1979 s.26A(3); 1994 s.77.
(3) to (5)1979 s.27(1), (2), (4); 1994 s.91(2).
181979 Sch.1 para.14; drafting.
191979 Sch.1 para.11, 12; drafting.
20(1), (2)1979 Sch.1 para.13; drafting.
(3)Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/42) Art.3.
21, 22—
23Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25) s.70(2); Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Appointed Day No. 1) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/2343) Art.2.
24—
251979 s.71(3); drafting.
261979 Sch.1 para 15; drafting.
271979 Sch.1 para.17; 1994 Sch.8 para.23.
28, 29—
Sch. 5—
Sch. 6—

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