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The Criminal Justice Acts 1987 and 1991 (Notice of Transfer) (Amendment) Regulations 2001

S.I. 2001/444 · Made 13 February 2001

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CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 13th February 2001

Laid before Parliament 19th February 2001

Coming into force 1st April 2001

The Attorney General, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5(9) of the Criminal Justice Actf1 and by section 53(5) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1991f2, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1987 c. 38; section 5 is amended by section 144 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) and section 45 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25).

f2

1991 c. 53; paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 is amended by section 45 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Justice Acts 1987 and 1991 (Notice of Transfer) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

2

In Forms 1 and 3 in the Schedule to the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (Notice of Transfer) Regulations 1988f1 and in Forms 1 and 3 in the Schedule to the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (Notice of Transfer) Regulations 1992f2 for the words “Clerk to the Justices” there shall be substituted the words “Chief Executive to the Justices”.

Signature

Gareth Williams

Her Majesty’s Attorney General

13th February 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (Notice of Transfer) Regulations 1988 and the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (Notice of Transfer) Regulations 1992 to transfer the administrative functions of justices' clerks under the Regulations to justices' chief executives in line with section 90 (transfer of clerks' functions to chief executives) of, and Schedule 13 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), which implement corresponding transfers in primary legislation.

Subsection (5) of that section provides that for the purposes of that section the administrative functions of justices' clerks are all of their functions apart from those which are legal functions within the meaning given by section 48(2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25), as substituted by section 89(1) of the 1999 Act.