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Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76)

  85       In section 3(5) (meaning of “the court”), for “appointed for the commission

area” substitute “acting in the local justice area”.

National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97)

  86       In section 68(3) (complaint to court about access requirement), omit “for the

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petty sessions area or place within which the land to which the notice relates

is situated”.

Maintenance Orders Act 1950 (c. 37)

  87                In section 17(1)(a) (registration of maintenance orders in England), for “for

the same place” substitute “acting in the same local justice area”.

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  88      (1)      Amend section 18 (enforcement of registered orders) as follows.

          (2)      In subsection (2ZA), in the subsection to be regarded as substituted for

section 76(5) of the 1980 Act, for “a justices’ chief executive” (in both places)

substitute “the designated officer for the court or for any other magistrates’

court”.

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          (3)      In subsection (2B)(a), for “justices’ chief executive” substitute “designated

officer”.

  89      (1)      Amend section 22 (discharge and variation of registered orders) as follows.

          (2)      In subsection (1B), for “a justices’ chief executive” (in both places) substitute

“the designated officer for the court or for any other magistrates’ court in

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England and Wales”.

          (3)      In subsection (1E)—

              (a)             in paragraph (a), in the paragraph to be regarded as substituted for

section 60(4)(b) of the 1980 Act, for “a justices’ chief executive”

substitute “the designated officer for the court or for any other

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magistrates’ court”, and

              (b)             in paragraph (b), in the words to be regarded as replaced in section

60(5) of the 1980 Act, for “justices’ chief executive for the court””

substitute “designated officer for the court””.

  90       In section 24(5A)(b) (cessation of order requiring payment), for “a justices’

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chief executive” substitute “the designated officer for a magistrates’ court in

England and Wales”.

  91      (1)               Amend section 25 (rules as to procedure of magistrates’ courts) as follows.

          (2)                        Omit subsection (1).

          (3)               In subsection (3)—

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              (a)             after “Rules” insert “of court”, and

              (b)             in paragraph (a), for the words from “by means of” onwards,

substitute “in accordance with the rules”.

          (4)                        Sub-paragraph (3) does not extend to Northern Ireland.

  92      (1)               Amend section 28(1) (interpretation) as follows.

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          (2)               In the definition of “collecting officer”, after “officer”,” insert “in relation to

a court of summary jurisdiction in England, means the designated officer for

the court, and”.

 

 

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          (3)               In the definition of “prescribed”, omit—

              (a)             “England or”,

              (b)             “by rules made under section fifteen of the Justices of the Peace Act

1949, or”, and

              (c)             “as the case may be,”.

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Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (c. 65)

  93      (1)      In Schedule 2 (paying authorities under Part 5), omit Part 2.

          (2)      Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) is to be read as amending Schedule 2 as it

extends to Northern Ireland.

Prison Act 1952 (c. 52)

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  94      (1)      Amend section 19 (right of justice to visit prison) as follows.

          (2)      In subsection (1), for “for any commission area” substitute “assigned to any

local justice area”.

          (3)      In subsection (2), omit “or to visit any prisoner under sentence of death”.

Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18)

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  95       In—

              (a)             section 189(3A)(a) (fee for certificate on delivery into military

custody of person dealt with by court of summary jurisdiction as

illegally absent), and

              (b)             section 199(4)(a) (certificate as proof of outcome of civil trial),

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           for “justices’ chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.

Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19)

  96       In—

              (a)             section 189(3A)(a) (fee for certificate on delivery into air force

custody of person dealt with by court of summary jurisdiction as

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illegally absent), and

              (b)             section 199(4)(a) (certificate as proof of outcome of civil trial),

           for “justices’ chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.

Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)

  97       In—

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              (a)             section 110(2A)(a) (fee for certificate on delivery into naval custody

of person dealt with by court of summary jurisdiction as illegally

absent), and

              (b)             section 129B(4)(a) (certificate as proof of outcome of civil trial),

           for “justices’ chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.

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Maintenance Orders Act 1958 (c. 39)

  98      (1)      Amend section 2 (registration of orders) as follows.

 

 

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          (2)      In subsection (2)(b), for “justices’ chief executive for the magistrates’ court

acting for the petty sessions area” substitute “designated officer for the

magistrates’ court acting in the local justice area”.

          (3)      In subsection (5), for “of, or justices’ chief executive for,” substitute “of, or

for,”.

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          (4)      In subsection (6), for “a justices’ chief executive” (in both places) substitute

“the designated officer for a magistrates’ court”.

          (5)      In subsection (6ZA), for “a justices’ chief executive” substitute “the

designated officer for the court or for any other magistrates’ court”.

          (6)      In subsection (6ZC), for “a justices’ chief executive” substitute “the

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designated officer for a magistrates’ court”.

  99       In section 3(3A) (requirement of person liable under order to notify change

of address), for “justices’ chief executive for” substitute “designated officer

for”.

  100      In section 4(5B) (variation of orders registered in magistrates’ courts)—

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              (a)             in paragraph (a), in the paragraph to be regarded as substituted for

section 60(4)(b) of the 1980 Act, for “a justices’ chief executive”

substitute “the designated officer for the court or for any other

magistrates’ court”,

              (b)             in paragraph (b), in the words to be regarded as replaced in section

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60(5) of the 1980 Act, for “justices’ chief executive for the court””

substitute “designated officer for the court””, and

              (c)             in paragraph (e), in the subsection (9) to be regarded as substituted

for sections 60(9) and (10) of the 1980 Act, for “a justices’ chief

executive” (in both places) substitute “the designated officer for the

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court or for any other magistrates’ court”.

  101     (1)      Amend section 5 (cancellation of registration) as follows.

          (2)      In subsection (5), for “a justices’ chief executive” (in both places) substitute

“the designated officer for a magistrates’ court”.

          (3)      In subsection (6)(b), for “justices’ chief executive for” substitute “designated

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officer for”.

  102     (1)                        Amend section 18 (powers of magistrates to renew commitals) as follows.

          (2)                        For “justices’ chief executive for” (in each place) substitute “designated

officer for”.

          (3)               In subsections (2) and (4), for “acting for the same petty sessions area”

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substitute “acting in the same local justice area”.

  103      In section 20(1) (registration of order at request of person entitled to receive

payments)—

              (a)             for “a justices’ chief executive who” substitute “the designated

officer for a magistrates’ court who”, and

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              (b)             for “a justices’ chief executive is” substitute “the designated officer

is”.

  104               In section 21(1) (interpretation), omit the definition of “rules of court”.

 

 

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Manoeuvres Act 1958 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2 c. 7)

  105     (1)                                 Amend section 3 (power to close highways) as follows.

          (2)                        In subsection (1), omit “sitting in petty sessions in the petty sessions area

within which that highway or part of a highway is situated”.

          (3)                        In subsection (2), omit “, being a highway or part within the jurisdiction of

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those justices”.

          (4)                        For subsection (5)(c) substitute—

                    “(c)                      the references to justices of the peace shall be construed as

references to the district court for the area in which the

highway or part of a highway is situated.”

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Obscene Publications Act 1959 (c. 66)

  106     (1)               Amend section 3 (powers of search, seizure and forfeiture) as follows.

          (2)               In subsection (1), omit “in the petty sessions area for which he acts,” and “in

that area”.

          (3)               In subsection (3)—

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              (a)             for “for the same petty sessions area as the justice who issued the

warrant, and the justice before whom the articles are brought”

substitute “in the local justice area in which the articles were seized,

who”;

              (b)             for “for that petty sessions area” substitute “acting in that local justice

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area”.

Road Traffic Act 1960 (c. 16)

  107               In section 243(a) (proof in summary proceedings of identity of driver), for

“rules made under section fifteen of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949”

substitute “Criminal Procedure Rules”.

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Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (c. 62)

  108      In section 7(1) (appeal to magistrates’ court against conditions attached to

site licence), omit “acting for the petty sessions area in which the land is

situated”.

  109      In section 8(2) (appeal to magistrates’ court against alteration to site licence

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conditions), omit “acting for the petty sessions area in which the land to

which the site licence relates is situated”.

  110      In section 32(1)(c) (application to Scotland), omit “acting for the petty

sessions area in which the land is situated”.

Administration of Justice Act 1960 (c. 65)

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  111               In section 2(3) (power to extend time for applying for leave to appeal to

House of Lords), omit “Except in a case involving sentence of death,”.

  112               Omit section 3 (special provision as to capital cases).

 

 

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Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c. 2)

  113      In section 10A(5) (notification of cancellation of betting office licence), in

paragraph (a) of the definition of “the proper officer of the court”, for

“justices’ chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.

  114      In section 11 (notification of cancellation of bookmaker’s or betting agency

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permit)—

              (a)             renumber the subsection inserted by paragraph 34(3) of Schedule 13

to the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22) as subsection (5A), and

              (b)             in that subsection, in paragraph (a) of the definition of “the proper

officer of the court”, for “justices’ chief executive” substitute

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“designated officer”.

  115     (1)                        Amend Schedule 1 (bookmaker’s permits, betting agency permits and

betting office licences) as follows.

          (2)                        In paragraph 1(a)—

              (a)             for “petty sessions” substitute “local justice”, and

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              (b)             for “acting for” substitute “acting in”.

          (3)                        In paragraph 2—

              (a)             in the definition of “appropriate authority”, for “petty sessions”

substitute “local justice”, and

              (b)             in paragraph (a) of the definition of “the proper officer of the

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appropriate authority”, for “chief executive to” substitute

“designated officer for”.

          (4)               In paragraph 20A(5), for the words from “for a petty” onwards substitute “in

a local justice area, is a justices’ clerk designated by the Lord Chancellor in

relation to the committee”.

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Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 (c. 41)

  116      In section 46(11) (appeals relating to exemptions from Act), omit “acting for

the petty sessions area in which they are situate”.

Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c. 42)

  117      For section 19(4)(a) (application of Sheriffs Act 1887 (c. 55) to Greater

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London) substitute—

                    “(a)                      in sections 7(1), 17, 23(3) and 26(1) any reference to a county

shall be construed as a reference to Greater London;”.

  118               In section 26 (Inner and Middle Temples), omit “commissions of the peace,”.

Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 (c. 45)

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  119               In section 1(1) (endorsement of warrants issued in Republic of Ireland)—

              (a)             in paragraph (b), after “within the area” insert “in or”, and

              (b)             for “comprising the area for” substitute “which consists of or

includes the area in or for”.

  120               In section 4(1) (issue of provisional warrant), in paragraph (c), after “within

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the area” insert “in or”.

 

 

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  121               In section 6(2) (discharge of persons where police of Republic no longer

require his delivery into their custody), after “justice of the peace acting”

insert “in or”.

  122               In section 8(1) (rules of court), for paragraph (a) substitute—

                    “(a)                      in England and Wales, Criminal Procedure Rules;”.

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  123     (1)                        Amend the Schedule (supplementary provisions as to proceedings under

section 2) as follows.

          (2)                        For paragraphs 2 and 2A substitute—

          “2                  The court shall sit in open court and shall consist of—

                      (a)                     at least two justices, or

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                      (b)                     a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts).”

          (3)                        In paragraph 3, for “paragraphs 2 and 2A” substitute “paragraph 2”.

Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (c. 56)

  124               Omit section 1(5) (jurisdiction of justices of the peace).

Public Works Loans Act 1965 (c. 63)

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  125      In section 2(1)(a) (loan to relevant authority)—

              (a)             in sub-paragraph (iii), after “applies;” insert “and”, and

              (b)             omit sub-paragraph (v) and “and” before it.

Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965 (c. 69)

  126                        In each of the following provisions, for “Crown Court rules”, in each place it

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occurs, substitute “Criminal Procedure Rules”—

              (a)             section 2(7), (8) and (9) (issue of witness summons on application to

Crown Court),

              (b)             section 2B(2) and (3) (summons no longer needed),

              (c)             section 2C(2), (3), (5), (6) and (7) (application to make section 2

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summons ineffective), and

              (d)             section 2E(3) and (4) (application to make section 2D summons

ineffective).

National Loans Act 1968 (c. 18)

  127      In Schedule 4 (local loans), in paragraph 1, in paragraph (a) of the definition

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of “local authority”—

              (a)             in sub-paragraph (iii), after “applies;” insert “and”, and

              (b)             omit sub-paragraph (v) and “and” before it.

Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19)

  128      In section 45 (construction of references to single judge), for “31, 31A”

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substitute “31 to 31C”.

  129      Omit section 48 (appeal in capital cases).

  130      Omit Schedule 4 (procedural and other modifications for capital cases).

 

 

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Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c. 20)

  131      Omit—

              (a)             section 55 (modification of provisions of Parts 2 and 3 for capital

cases), and

              (b)             Schedule 2 (procedural and other modifications for capital cases).

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Gaming Act 1968 (c. 65)

  132     (1)               Amend Schedule 2 (court order cancelling licence) as follows.

          (2)               In paragraph 1(1)(a), for “petty sessions” substitute “local justice”.

          (3)                        In paragraph 2(1), for “petty sessions” substitute “local justice”.

          (4)                        In paragraph 48(5), for “justices’ chief executive” substitute “designated

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officer”.

  133     (1)                        Amend Schedule 3 (registration of members’ clubs in England and Wales)

as follows.

          (2)               In—

              (a)             paragraph 12(1) (in both places),

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              (b)             paragraph 13(1),

              (c)             paragraph 15(1) (in both places),

              (d)             paragraph 16(1),

              (e)             paragraph 17(3) (in both places),

              (f)             paragraph 23, and

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              (g)             paragraph 24(1) and (2),

                   for “chief executive to” substitute “designated officer for”.

          (3)                        In paragraph 17(4), for “justices’ chief executive” substitute “designated

officer”.

  134               In Schedule 7 (registration for gaming by means of machines), in—

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              (a)             paragraphs 3(1) and 4(1),

              (b)             paragraph 11(1) (in both places),

              (c)             paragraph 11(2),

              (d)             paragraphs 13(1) and 14,

              (e)             paragraph 20(1) (in both places), and

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              (f)             paragraphs 24 and 25(1) and (2),

           for “chief executive to” substitute “designated officer for”.

Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54)

  135               In section 23AA (electronic monitoring of conditions of remand), in each of

subsections (4)(a) and (9), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice

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area”.

  136      In section 23A(2)(a) (court appearance of person arrested for breaking

remand conditions), omit “for the petty sessions area in which he was

arrested”.

 

 

 
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