# Courts Act 2003, Paragraph 7


A person who, immediately before section 17 comes into force, was under section 22 of the JPA 1997 the chairman (or a deputy chairman) of the justices for a petty sessions area shall be treated as having been chosen under section 17 as the chairman (or a deputy chairman) of the lay justices assigned to the corresponding local justice area specified in the first order under section 8.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/39/schedule/9/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/schedule-9/paragraph-7
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.