# Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed), Section 15: Certain restrictions on magistrates’ courts not to apply to stipendiary magistrates.

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, nothing in the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980—
(a) requiring a magistrates’ court—
(i) to be composed of two or more justices; or
(ii) to sit in a petty sessional court-house or an occasional court-house; or
(b) limiting the powers of a magistrates’ court—
(i) when composed of a single justice; or
(ii) when sitting elsewhere than in a petty sessional court-house,
shall apply to any stipendiary magistrate sitting in a place appointed for the purpose.
(2) Subsection (1) above does not apply to the hearing or determination of family proceedings within the meaning of section 65 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/25/section/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed/section-15
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