{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-act-1999/schedule-13/paragraph-146",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-act-1999/schedule-13/paragraph-146.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/22",
  "legislation_title": "Access to Justice Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-act-1999",
  "path": "schedule/13/paragraph/146",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "146",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 34C(2) (interpretation), after the definition of “petty sessions area” insert—\n““proper officer” means—\n(a) in relation to a magistrates’ court in England and Wales, the justices’ chief executive for the court, and\n(b) in relation to a sheriff court in Scotland, the clerk of the court;”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 13 para. 146 repealed (21.12.2012 for specified purposes, 24.6.2013 for specified purposes) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), s. 61(1)(10), Sch. 7(8); S.I. 2012/2938, art. 2(2)(a)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2004/28",
      "affecting_title": "Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/22/schedule/13/paragraph/146",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:52.561428+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}