Section 72 Interpretation.

In this Act, except to the extent that the context otherwise requires—

• F1“capital expenditure” means expenditure which is capital expenditure for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 2003 (capital finance);

• F2 . . .

• F3 . . .

• “justices’ clerk” means a clerk to the justices for a petty sessions area;

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• “magistrate”—

  1. (a)

     in relation to a commission area, means a justice of the peace for the commission area, other than a justice whose name is for the time being entered in the supplemental list;

  2. (b)

     in relation to a part of a commission area, means a person who (in accordance with paragraph (a) of this definition) is a magistrate for that area and ordinarily acts in and for that part of it; and

  3. (c)

     in relation to a magistrates’ courts committee area, means a person who (in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) of this definition) is a magistrate for that area or any part of that area;

• F4 . . .

• “officer” includes the holder of any place, situation or employment, and “office” shall be construed accordingly;

• “petty sessional court-house” means—

  1. (a)

     a court-house or place at which justices are accustomed to assemble for holding special or petty sessions or for the time being appointed as a substitute for such a court-house or place (including, where justices are accustomed to assemble for either special or petty sessions at more than one court-house or place in a F5petty sessions area, any such court-house or place); or

  2. (b)

     a court-house or place at which a F6District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) is authorised by law to do alone any act authorised to be done by more than one justice of the peace:

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• F7 . . .

• “the supplemental list” has the meaning given by section 7 above; and

• “unitary district” means a district comprised in an area for which there is no county council.

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