SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Consequential amendments

The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)

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1

The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 shall be amended as follows.

2

In each of the provisions of that Act specified in sub-paragraph (3) below, for “the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “the Justices of the Peace Act 1997”.

3

The provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) above are—

a

section 52 (jurisdiction to deal with complaints);

b

in section 67 (family proceedings courts and panels), subsection (4);

c

in section 87 (enforcement of payment of fines by High Court and county court), subsection (4); and

d

in section 87A (fines imposed on companies), subsection (2).

4

In section 139 (disposal of sums adjudged to be paid by conviction), in paragraph (c), for “section 61 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “section 60 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997”.

5

In section 150 (interpretation), in subsection (1)—

a

in the definitions of—

i

“commission area”; and

ii

“London commission area”,

for “the Justices of the Peace Act 1979” there shall be substituted “the Justices of the Peace Act 1997”; and

b

for the definition of “petty sessions area” there shall be substituted—

“petty sessions area” has the same meaning as in the Justices of the Peace Act 1997;