# Courts Act 2003, Paragraph 14


(1) Amend section 24 (proceedings with respect to licences on quitting service) as follows.
(2) Re-number the existing provision subsection (1).
(3) In that subsection—
(a) for “any time not exceeding” substitute “ a time which, excluding any day mentioned in subsection (2), does not exceed ”,
(b) for “the magistrates' court for the petty sessions area in which the said proprietor shall dwell” substitute “ a magistrates' court ”,
(c) for “at the time of applying” substitute “ when applying ”,
(d) for “justices' chief executive for such” substitute “ designated officer for the ”,
(e) for “twenty-four hours, exclusive of Sunday or any day on which the magistrates' court shall not sit,” substitute “ that time ”, and
(f) for “at the same magistrates' court” substitute “ to a magistrates' court ”.
(4) After that subsection insert—
“(2) The days are—
(a) Saturday or Sunday;
(b) Christmas Day or Good Friday;
(c) a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/39/schedule/8/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/schedule-8/paragraph-14
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