# The Community Charges (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1989, Regulation 47: Magistrates' courts


(1) Justices of the peace for a commission area within which is situated the area of a charging authority shall have jurisdiction to act under the provisions of this Part as respects that authority.
(2) Subject to any other enactment authorising a stipendiary magistrate or other person to act by himself, a magistrates' court shall not under this Part hear a summons, entertain an application for a warrant or hold an inquiry as to means on such an application except when composed of at least two justices.
(3) References to a justice of the peace in regulations 29(2) and 40(2) shall be construed subject to rule 3 of the Justices' Clerks Rules 1970 (which authorises certain matters authorised to be done by a justice of the peace to be done by a justices' clerk).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/438/regulation/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/community-charges-administration-and-enforcement-regulations-1989/regulation-47
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