Regulation 2 Interpretation and scope of regulations

(1)

These Regulations shall have effect for the purposes of the approval by a magistrates' courts committee (“the committee”) of any person or body (“the agency”) for the purpose of executing warrants pursuant to section 125B of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980^f1.

(2)

Any reference in these Regulations to the justices' chief executive means—

(a)

the justices' chief executive for the committee, or

(b)

any member of the staff of the committee whom he may authorise to exercise his functions under these Regulations, when acting within the scope of that authority.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1980 c. 43; section 125B was inserted by section 93(2) of the Access to Justice Act 1999.