# Access to Justice Act 1999, Paragraph 174


(1) Section 68 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (power to summon witness) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (4) (particulars of fine to be given to clerk), for “clerk” substitute “ proper officer ”.
(3) After that subsection insert—
“(4A) In subsection (1) above “proper officer” means—
(a) in relation to a magistrates’ court in England and Wales, the justices’ chief executive for the court, and
(b) in relation to a magistrates’ court in Northern Ireland, the clerk of the court.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/22/schedule/13/paragraph/174 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-act-1999/schedule-13/paragraph-174
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