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  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/25",
  "legislation_title": "Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed)",
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  "text": "The functions of the Secretary of State under 1979 were transferred to the Lord Chancellor by the Transfer of Functions (Magistrates’ Courts and Family Law) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/709) Art.2(1)(a).\nProvision\nDerivation\n1(1)\n1979 s.1(a), (b), (c); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(1)(c).\n(2)(a)\nDrafting.\n(b)\n1979 s.1(aa); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) Sch.2 para.10(1); drafting.\n(3)\n1979 s.1; 1996/674 Sch. para.1(1)(d).\n2(1), (2)\n1979 s.2(1).\n(3) to (5)\n1979 s.3.\n3\n1979 s.5(1).\n4(1)(a)\n1979 s.4(1)(a), (c), (1A), (2)(b), (d); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(2); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) Sch.2 para.10(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(2).\n(b)\n1979 s.4(1)(b), (d), (1A), (2)(c), (e); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(2); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) Sch.2 para.10(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(2).\n(c)\n1979 s.4(2)(f); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(2).\n(2)\n1979 s.4(1), (1A), (2)(b) to (e), Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(2); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) Sch.2 para.10(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(2).\n5(1)\n1979 s.6(1); Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c.53) s.65.\n(2)\n1979 s.6(2).\n6\n1979 s.7.\n7\n1979 s.8.\n8(1)(a)\n1979 s.9(1).\n(b)\n1979 s.9(2).\n(2)\n1979 s.9(2).\n9\n1979 s.10.\n10(1), (2)\n1979 s.12(1), (2).\n(3)\n1979 s.12(3).\n(4)\n1979 s.12(3).\n(5)\n1979 s.12(4); Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670).\n(6)\n1979 s.12(5).\n(7)(a)\n1979 s.12(5)(a).\n(b)\n1979 s.12(5)(c); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(3).\n(c)\n1979 s.12(5)(e).\n(d)\n1979 s.12(5)(b), (d), (f); 1994 Sch.8 para.1(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(3)(b); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(2).\n(8)\n1979 s.12(5)(b), (d), (f); 1994 Sch.8 para.1(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(3)(b); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(2).\n(9)\n1979 s.12(5A); 1994 Sch.8 para.1(3); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(3)(c).\n(10)\n1979 s.12(6).\n(11)\n1979 s.12(7).\n(12)\n1979 s.69A; 1994 s.90.\n11(1)\n1979 s.13(1); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) Sch.10 para.44(1).\n(2), (3)\n1979 s.13(2), (3).\n(4)\n1979 s.13(4); Maximum Number of Stipendiary Magistrates Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1924) Art.2.\n(5)\n1979 s.13(5).\n12(1)\n1979 s.14(1A); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c.8) Sch.6 para.19(2); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Commencement) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/631) Art.2.\n(2)\n1979 s.14(1); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c.8) Sch.6 para.19(3)(a); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (Commencement) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/631) Art.2.\n(3)\n1979 s.14(3); Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c.8) s.26(10), Sch.6 para.19(5).\n13(1), (2)\n1979 s.15(1), (2).\n(3)\n1979 s.15(2A); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) s.108(4); drafting.\n(4)\n1979 s.15(3); Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670).\n14(1)\n1979 s.16(2).\n(2)\n1979 s.16(3), (4).\n(3)\n1979 s.16(3).\n(4)\n1979 s.16(3).\n(5)\n1979 s.16(5)\n(6)\n1979 s.16(4).\n(7)\n1979 s.16(5); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.191(b); Children Act 1989 (c.41) Sch.11 para.7(a).\n15(1)\n1979 s.16(1); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.191(a).\n(2)\n1979 s.16(5); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.191(b); Children Act 1989 (c.41) Sch.11 para.7(a).\n16(1)\n1979 s.31(1).\n(2)\n1979 s.31(2); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) Sch.10 para.44(2).\n(3)\n1979 s.31(3).\n(4)\n1979 s.31(4); drafting.\n(5)\n1979 s.31(6).\n(6)\n1979 s.31(7).\n17(1)\n1979 s.32(1); 1994 Sch.8 para.14.\n(2), (3)\n1979 s.32(2), (3).\n18(1)\n1979 s.33(2).\n(2)\n1979 s.33(1).\n(3)(a)\n1979 s.33(2).\n(b)\n1979 s.33(3).\n(4)\n1979 s.33(3); drafting.\n(5)\n1979 s.33(3).\n(6)\n1979 s.33(4).\n(7)\nDrafting.\n19(1)\n1979 s.34(1); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) Sch.10 para.44(2).\n(2)\n1979 s.34(2).\n(3)\n1979 s.34(2A); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) s.108(5); drafting.\n(4)\n1979 s.34(3); Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670).\n20(1)\n1979 s.34A(1); 1994 s.81.\n(2)\n1979 s.34A(1); 1994 s.81.\n(3) to (6)\n1979 s.34A(2) to (5); 1994 s.81.\n21(1), (2)\n1979 s.39(1), (2).\n(3)\n1979 s.39(3).\n22(1)\n1979 s.17(1); 1994 Sch.8 para.2(2).\n(2)\n1979 s.17(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.2(3).\n(3)\n1979 s.17(2A); 1994 Sch.8 para.2(4).\n(4)\n1979 s.17(3); Children Act 1989 (c.41) Sch.11 para.7(b); Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53) s.70.\n(5)\n1979 s.31(5).\n23\n1979 s.40.\n24(1)\n1979 s.18(1).\n(2)(a)\n1979 s.18(2)(a).\n(b)\n1979 s.18(2)(b); 1994 Sch.8 para.3(a).\n(c) to (e)\n1979 s.18(2)(c) to (e); 1994 Sch.8 para.3(b).\n(3)\n1979 s.18(3).\n(4)\n1979 s.18(4); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.192.\n(5)\n1979 s.18(5).\n25(1), (2)\n1979 s.11(1), (2).\n(3)\n1979 s.43; drafting.\n(4)\n1979 s.11(3).\n26\n1979 s.68; drafting.\n27(1)\n1979 s.19(1); 1994 Sch.8 para.4(2).\n(2)\n1979 s.19(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.4(3); drafting.\n(a)\n1979 s.19(2)(a); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) Sch.2 para.10(3); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(4).\n(b)\n1979 s.19(2)(b).\n(c)\n1979 s.19(2)(c); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(4)(b).\n(d)\n1979 s.19(2)(cc); 1994 s.79(4).\n(e)\n1979 s.19(2)(d).\n(3)\n1979 s.19(2)(bb); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) Sch.2 para.10(3); 1994 Sch.8 para.4(3); drafting.\n28\n1979 s.20; 1994 s.70.\n29(1)\n1979 s.21(1).\n(2)\n1979 s.21(1A); 1994 s.71(2).\n(3), (4)\n1979 s.21(2), (2A); 1994 s.71(3).\n(5)\n1979 s.21(3).\n(6)\n1979 s.69A; 1994 s.90.\n(7)\n1979 s.21(4).\n30(1), (2)\n1979 s.22(1), (1A); 1994 s.72(2).\n(3)\n1979 s.22(3); 1994 Sch.8 para.5.\n(4)\n1979 s.22(4); 1994 s.72(4).\n(5)\n1979 s.22(4A); 1994 s.72(5).\n(6) to (8)\n1979 s.22(5) to (7).\n(9) to (12)\n1979 s.22(8) to (11); 1994 s.72(6).\n31\n1979 s.22A; 1994 s.73.\n32(1) to (9)\n1994 s.69(1) to (9).\n(10)\n1994 s.69(10); drafting.\n33(1)\n1979 s.23(1); 1994 Sch.8 para.6(2).\n(2)\n1979 s.23(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.6(3).\n(3)\n1979 s.23(3).\n(4)\n1979 s.23(4); 1994 Sch.8 para.6(4).\n(5)\n1979 s.42; 1994 Sch.8 para.17; drafting.\n(6)\n1979 s.23(5).\n34(1)(a)\n1979 s.24(1)(a); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(8)(a)(i); 1994 Sch.8 para.7(2)(a), (c); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(5)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(3).\n(b)\n1979 s.24(1)(b); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(8)(a)(ii); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(3); drafting.\n(2)\n1979 s.24(2).\n(3)\n1979 s.24(2); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(8) (b); 1994 Sch.8 para.7(3)(a), (c); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(5)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(3); drafting.\n(4)\n1979 s.24(3).\n(5)(a)\n1979 s.24(1)(a), (2); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(8); 1994 Sch.8 para.7(2), (3); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(5)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(3).\n(b)\n1979 s.24(6)(a); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) s.12(8)(d); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(5)(b).\n(c)\n1979 s.70 (“prescribed”)\n(d)\n1979 s.24(6)(b).\n35(1), (2)\n1979 s.24A(1), (2); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2).\n(3)\n1979 s.24A(2A); 1994 Sch.8 para.8(3).\n(4)\n1979 s.24A(3); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2).\n36(1)(a)\n1979 s.24B(1)(a); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.9; 1996/674 Sch. para.1(6)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(4).\n(b)\n1979 s.24B(1)(b); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2); drafting.\n(2)\n1979 s.24B(2); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2).\n(3)\n1979 s.24B(2); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.9; 1996/674 Sch. para.1(6)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(4).\n(4)\n1979 s.24B(3); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2).\n(5)(a)\n1979 s.24B(1)(a), (2); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2); 1994 Sch.8 para.9; 1996/674 Sch. para.1(6)(a); 1996/675 Sch. para.1(4).\n(b)\n1979 s.24B(4)(a); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(6)(b).\n(c)\n1979 s.70 (“prescribed”).\n(d)\n1979 s.24B(4)(b); Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) s.164(2).\n37(1) to (3)\n1979 s.24C; 1994 s.74.\n(4)\n1979 ss.69A, 70 (“prescribed”); 1994 s.90.\n38\n1994 s.88.\n39\n1994 s.89.\n40(1) to (7)\n1979 s.24D(1) to (7); 1994 s.75.\n(8)\n1979 ss.24D(8), 69A; 1994 ss.75, 90.\n41\n1979 s.24E; 1994 s.75.\n42(1) to (8)\n1979 s.25(1) to (8); 1994 s.76.\n(9)\n1979 ss.25(9), 69A; 1994 ss.76, 90.\n43(a)\n1979 s.26(1)(a), (3); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) Sch.10 para.45; 1994 Sch.8 para.10(3).\n(b)\n1979 s.26(1)(b).\n44(1)\n1979 s.26A(1); 1994 s.77.\n(2)\n1979 s.27(6); 1994 Sch.8 para.11(3).\n(3)\n1979 s.27(8); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.193; 1994 Sch.8 para.11(4).\n45(1)\n1979 s.28(1); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.194; drafting.\n(2)\n1979 s.28(1A); Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) s.117.\n(3)\n1979 s.28(2).\n(4)\n1979 s.28(3).\n(5)\n1979 s.28(3).\n(6)\n1979 s.28(3).\n(7)(a)\n1979 s.28(3).\n(b)\n1979 s.28(4).\n46\n1979 s.29(1), (2)(b), (3); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.195; Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991 (c.17) Sch.2 para.4.\n47(1)\n1979 s.30(1), (2); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.196.\n(2)\n1979 s.30(3).\n48\n1979 s.30A; 1994 s.78.\n49\n1979 s.34B; 1994 Sch.8 para.15.\n50\n1994 s.82.\n51\n1979 s.44; Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) s.108(2).\n52\n1979 s.45; Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41) s.108(3).\n53\n1979 s.50.\n54(1)\n1979 s.53(1), (1A); Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c.25) s.70(1); drafting.\n(2)(a)\n1979 s.53(1), (1A); Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c.25) s.70(1).\n(b)\n1979 s.53(1).\n(3) to (5)\n1979 s.53(2).\n(6)\n1979 s.53(3); 1994 Sch.8 para.18(2).\n(7)\n1979 s.53(3A); 1994 Sch.8 para.18(3).\n(8)\n1979 s.53(4); 1994 Sch.8 para.18(4).\n(9)\n1979 s.53(5); 1994 Sch.8 para.18(5).\n55(1) to (5)\n1979 s.55(1) to (5); 1994 s.83(1).\n(6)\n1979 s.55(6); 1994 s.83(1); Pensions Act 1995 (c.26) Sch.5 para.8.\n(7) to (9)\n1979 s.55(7) to (9); 1994 s.83(1).\n(10)\n1979 s.55(10); 1994 s.83(1); drafting.\n56\n1979 s.56; 1994 s.83(1).\n57(1)\n1979 s.59(1); Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53) s.93(3); 1994 Sch.8 para.19(2).\n(2) to (7)\n1979 s.59(2) to (7); Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53) s.93(3).\n(8)\n1979 s.59(8); 1994 Sch.8 para.19(3).\n58(1)\n1979 s.59A(1); 1994 s.84; Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.4(j).\n(2)\n1979 s.59A(2); 1994 s.84.\n59(1)\n1979 s.62A(1); 1994 s.85.\n(2)\n1979 ss.62A(2), 69A; 1994 ss.85, 90.\n60(1)\n1979 s.61(1); Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43) Sch.7 para.197; Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) Sch.15 para.63.\n(2) to (5)\n1979 s.61(2) to (5).\n(6)\n1979 s.61(7).\n61\n1979 s.62(1); 1994 Sch.8 para.20.\n62\n1994 s.86(1) to (5).\n63\n1994 s.87.\n64(1)\n1979 s.63(1).\n(2)\n1979 s.63(4).\n(3)\n1979 s.63(5); 1994 Sch.8 para.21.\n65\n1979 s.63A; Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c.43) Sch.2 para.3.\n66(1), (2)\n1979 s.64(1), (2).\n(3), (4)\n1979 s.64(3).\n(5), (6)\n1979 s.64(4), (5).\n(7)\n1979 s.64(2A), (6); Local Government Act 1985 (c.51) Sch.14 para.57(b); Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c.4) Sch.6 para.20; Housing Act 1988 (c.50) Sch.17 para.27; 1994 Sch.4 para.54; Environment Act 1995 (c.25) Sch.10 para.19; Police Act 1996 (c.16) Sch.7 para.1(1), (2)(o).\n67\n1979 s.65; Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (Amendment) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/531) Art.2(2); Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14) Sch.13 para.48; drafting.\n68(1)\n1979 s.66(1).\n(2)\n1979 s.66(2); drafting.\n69\n1979 s.67.\n70(1)\n1979 ss.24A(2A), 41(1); Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c.41) Sch.12 para.2; 1994 Sch.8 para.8(3); drafting.\n(2)\n1979 s.41(2).\n71\n1979 s.69; drafting.\n72(1)\n“capital expenditure”: 1979 s.70 (“capital expenditure”); Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53) s.93(4).\n“commission area”, “justices’ clerk”: 1979 s.70 (“commission area”, “justices’ clerk”).\n“London commission areas”, “inner London area” and “outer London area”: 1979 s.70 (“London commission areas”, “inner London area” and “outer London areas”).\n“magistrate”, “magistrates’ courts committee area”: 1979 s.70 (“magistrate”, “magistrates’ courts committee area”); 1994 Sch.8 para.22.\n“officer”, “petty sessional court-house”, “petty sessions area”: 1979 s.70 (“officer”, “petty sessional court-house”, “petty sessions area”).\n“preserved county”: 1979 s.70 (“preserved county”); Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) Sch.2 para.10(4).\n“retained county”: 1979 s.70 (“relevant area”); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(7)(a); drafting.\n“stipendiary magistrate”, “the supplemental list”:1979 s.70 (“stipendiary magistrate”, “the supplemental list”).\n“unitary district”: 1979 s.70 (“unitary district”); 1996/674 Sch. para.1(7)(b).\n(2)\nDrafting.\n73\n74\n75(1) to (4)\n(5)\n1979 s.72(3); 1994 s.96(1).\nSch. 1\nCommission Areas (Gwent, Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/676) Arts.4, 5.\nSch. 2 Part I\n1979 s.2(1)(a).\nPart II\n1979 s.2(1)(b) to (e).\nSch. 3, 1\n1994 Sch.7 para.1; drafting.\n2 to 6\n1994 Sch.7 para.2 to 6.\nSch. 4, 1 to 5\n6\n1979 Sch.1 para.9; drafting.\n7(1)\n(2)(a)\n(b)\nPolice and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.6(2)(a).\n(c)\n(d)\nPolice and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.6(2)(b), (c).\n(e)\nPolice and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.6(2)(c).\n(f)\n(3) to (8)\n8, 9\n10\n1994 s.79(2), (3).\n11(1), (2)\n1994 s.80(2) to (4).\n(3)\n1994 s.80(5), (6); drafting.\n(4)\n1994 s.80(7); Police and Magistrates’ Courts (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.4(f).\n12(1), (2)\n(3), (4)\n1979 Sch.1 para.8; drafting.\n(5)\n13, 14\n15\nPolice and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.5(4); drafting.\n16\nPolice and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.6(1); drafting.\n17(1)\n1979 s.26A(2); 1994 s.77; Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/685) Art.4(e).\n(2)\n1979 s.26A(3); 1994 s.77.\n(3) to (5)\n1979 s.27(1), (2), (4); 1994 s.91(2).\n18\n1979 Sch.1 para.14; drafting.\n19\n1979 Sch.1 para.11, 12; drafting.\n20(1), (2)\n1979 Sch.1 para.13; drafting.\n(3)\nPolice and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No.6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/42) Art.3.\n21, 22\n23\nCriminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c.25) s.70(2); Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Appointed Day No. 1) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/2343) Art.2.\n24\n25\n1979 s.71(3); drafting.\n26\n1979 Sch.1 para 15; drafting.\n27\n1979 Sch.1 para.17; 1994 Sch.8 para.23.\n28, 29\nSch. 5\nSch. 6",
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