# Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (repealed 19.6.1997), Paragraph 4

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(1) Any person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was a justice of the peace and either—
(a) held that office by virtue of an appointment made in accordance with section 1(2) of the Act of 1973, or
(b) under section 20(3)(b) of that Act (which related to justices of the peace in office on the 1st April 1974 by virtue of a commission of the peace issued before that date) held that office as if appointed in accordance with section 1(2) of that Act,
shall continue to hold that office as if appointed in accordance with section 6 of this Act; and the provisions of this Act relating to justices appointed in accordance with section 6 shall have effect in relation to him accordingly.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(b) above the reference to section 20(3)(b) of the Act of 1973 shall be construed as including a reference to the provisions (where applicable) of section 217(2)(b) of the Act of 1972 (which provided that, where one out of two or more commissions of the peace was chosen to be treated as the sole commission of the peace for a county, the names of the justices appointed by the other commission or other commissions were to be deemed to be included among the names of the justices specified in the commission so chosen).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/55/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1979-repealed-1961997/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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