Section 5 General form of commissions of the peace.C1

England and Wales

(1)

The commission of the peace for any commission area shall be a commission under the Great Seal addressed generally, and not by name, to all such persons as may from time to time hold office as justices of the peace for the commission area.

(2)

A commission of the peace issued after the commencement of this Act shall be framed so as to take account of the abolition of courts of quarter sessions by section 3 of the M1Courts Act 1971.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: 1971 c. 23.

Modifications

C1: S. 5 excluded by Social Security Act 1986 (c.50, SIF 113:1), s. 25(3)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (19.6.1997) by 1997 c. 25, ss. 73(3), 74(1), Sch. 6 Pt.I (with savings in Sch. 4 Pt. II paras. 6(a), 23, 28 and saving (temp.) for ss. 58 and 70 of the repealed Act in Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 7(2)(a)