# Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed), Section 72: Interpretation.

Extent: E+W

(1) In this Act, except to the extent that the context otherwise requires—
“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);
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“justices’ clerk” means a clerk to the justices for a petty sessions area;
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“magistrate”—
(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;
(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
(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;
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“officer” includes the holder of any place, situation or employment, and “office” shall be construed accordingly;
“petty sessional court-house” means—
(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 petty sessions area, any such court-house or place); or
(b)a court-house or place at which a District 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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“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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/25/section/72 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed/section-72
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