1.  This Order may be cited as the Petty Sessional Divisions (Berkshire) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st January 1989 except that for the purposes of paragraph 2 of the Schedule thereto this Order shall come into force forthwith.

2.  In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires, the expression “division” means petty sessional division and any reference to a justice for a division shall be construed as a reference to a justice of the peace who ordinarily acts, or, as the case may be, will on or after 1st January 1989 ordinarily act, in and for that division.

3.  The divisions of Bradfield and Sonning and Reading shall be combined to form a new division which shall be known as the Reading and Sonning division.

4.  The transitional and other consequential provisions set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have effect in connection with the provisions of article 3 of this Order.

Article 4

SCHEDULETRANSITIONAL AND OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS

1.  In this Schedule—

“existing division” means a division combined by article 3 of this Order;

“new division” means the division constituted by article 3 of this Order;

“community service order” means an order made under section 14 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973(2);

“probation order” means a probation order made or having effect as if made under section 2 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973;

“supervision order” means any of the following orders, that is to say—

2.—(1) The justices for the new division shall appoint, in the prescribed manner, so far as may be applicable, and for the prescribed term, to take office on 1st January 1989:

(a)a chairman and one or more deputy chairmen;

(b)a juvenile court panel;

(c)one or more probation liaison committees;

(d)a justice or justices to serve as a member or members of the magistrates' courts committee for the county of Berkshire;

(e)a divisional licensing committee;

(f)a betting licensing committee;

(g)a domestic court panel.

(2) In the foregoing sub-paragraph, the expressions “the prescribed manner” and “the prescribed term” mean respectively—

(a)in relation to the election of a chairman or deputy chairman, the manner prescribed by rules made under section 18 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 and a term ending at the expiration of the month of December 1989;

(b)in relation to the appointment of a juvenile court panel, the manner prescribed by rules made, or having effect as if made, under section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980(9), as extended by section 146 of that Act, and a term ending at the expiration of the month of December 1991;

(c)in relation to the appointment of a probation liaison committee, the manner prescribed by rules made, or having effect as if made, under Schedule 3 to the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 and a term ending at the expiration of the month of December 1989;

(d)in relation to the appointment of a member of the magistrates' courts committee, the manner prescribed by regulations made under Section 21 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 and a term ending at the expiration of the month of November 1989;

(e)in relation to the appointment of the divisional licensing committee, the manner prescribed in Part I of Schedule 1 to the Licensing Act 1964(10) and a term ending at the expiration of the month of December 1989;

(f)in relation to the appointment of the betting licensing committee, the manner prescribed by the Betting (Licensing) Regulations 1960(11) and a term ending at the expiration of the month of December 1989;

(g)in relation to the appointment of a domestic court panel, the manner prescribed by rules made, or having effect as if made, under section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, as extended by section 67 of that Act and a term ending at the expiration of the month of December 1989.

(3) In relation to the appointment of a justices' clerk for the new division, any consultation with the justices of that division required by section 25(3) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 may take place before 1st January 1989.

3.  The permitted hours under Part III of the Licensing Act 1964 in force immediately before 1st January 1989 in an existing division shall continue in force there until the coming into force of an order under the said Part III, fixing permitted hours, made in the year 1989 at the general annual licensing meeting of the justices for the new division.

4.  Anything required by virtue of the foregoing provisions of this Schedule to be done on or after 1st January 1989 by, or in relation to, the clerk to the justices for an existing division shall be done by, or in relation to, the clerk to the justices for the new division.

5.  Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, any process issued, order made, sentence passed, appeal brought, case stated, licence granted, recognisance entered into, proceedings begun, appointment made or other thing done before 1st January 1989 by, from, to or before any justices for an existing division or their clerk shall, on and after that date, be deemed to have been issued, made, passed, brought, stated, granted, entered into, begun or done by, from, to or before those justices as justices for the new division or their clerk, as the case may be.

6.  Any order made by a magistrates' court directing the payment of money to the clerk or any other officer of a magistrates' court acting for an existing division shall have effect as if it had directed payment to be made to the clerk to the justices for the new division.

7.—(1) Any process, records or other documents in the custody, by virtue of his office as such, of the clerk to the justices for an existing division shall be retained by that clerk in his capacity as clerk to the justices for the new division or, if he does not hold that clerkship, be transferred to the custody of the clerk to the justices for the new division.

(2) Copies of, and extracts from, any such record or other document as aforesaid made or certified by the clerk to the justices for the new division shall be of the same effect as if they had been made or certified by the clerk to the justices for an existing division.

8.  Where an existing division is named in a community service order, probation order or supervision order, the powers and functions of the justices for that division in relation to the order shall vest in and be discharged by the justices for the new division and the order, unless amended in regard to the division named, shall have effect in all respects as if the new division were named therein.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to a draft order submitted by the magistrates' courts committee for the county of Berkshire and provides for the petty sessional divisions of Bradfield and Sonning and Reading to be combined to form a new petty sessional division of Reading and Sonning.