{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1977/section-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1977/section-32.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/38",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Justice Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1977",
  "path": "section/32",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Citation etc.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act 1977.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Any reference in this Act to any enactment is a reference to it as amended or applied by or under any other enactment, including this Act.\n(4) The enactments specified in Schedule 5 to this Act (which include enactments which were obsolete or unnecessary before the passing of this Act) shall be repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) The following provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales only, namely—\nsection 1(1) and Part I of Schedule 1;\nsection 2(1) and Part I of Schedule 2;\nsections 9 to 22;\nsection 23 and Schedule 4;\nsections 24 to 28;\nsubsections (4) and (5) above so far as they relate to any enactment which extends to England and Wales only;\nparagraphs 1, 3 and 10 of Schedule 3.\n(9) The following provisions of this Act extend to Scotland only, namely—\nsection 1(2) and Part II of Schedule 1;\nsection 2(2), and in Schedule 2, Part II and paragraph 11;\nsection 29;\nsubsections (4) and (5) above so far as they relate to any enactment which extends to Scotland only.\n(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(12) Subsection (4) above, so far as it relates to any of the court-martial enactments, extends to any territory to which that enactment extends.\n(13) In subsection (12) above “the court-martial enactments” means—\nsection 102 of the Army Act 1955;\nsection 102 of the Air Force Act 1955; and\nsection 60 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 32(2) repealed (31.7.1978) by Oaths Act 1978 (c. 19), Sch. Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 32(5)-(7) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 4}"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 32(10) repealed by S.I. 1986/595 (N.I.4), art. 138, Sch. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 32(11) repealed by Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44, SIF 43:1), s. 159(3), Sch. 17"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1955 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1955 c. 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1957 c. 53."
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by s. 32(6) fully exercised; appointed day 1.1.1981 by S.I. 1980/1981"
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "The text of ss. 1(1), 4, 5, 11, 12, 17(2), 19(2)(5), 24, 26(1), 28, 29, 32(4) Schs. 3, 5 does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/38/section/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:15.749479+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."
}