# Courts Act 2003, Paragraph 56

Extent: E+W+S

(1) In section 6(1) (inquiry into offences)—
(a) omit “for the county, borough, or place in which the crime was committed or is suspected to have been committed,”,
(b) omit “sit at a petty sessional or occasional court-house, or police station in the said county, borough or place, and”, and
(c) for “the next petty sessions, or” substitute “ a magistrates' court ”.
(2) This paragraph does not extend to Northern Ireland.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/39/schedule/8/paragraph/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/schedule-8/paragraph-56
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