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Article 3 Size of bench

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), the number of justices sitting to deal with a case as a magistrates'court shall not be greater than three.

(2)

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a magistrates'court sitting as a youth court, a family proceedings court or a licensing or betting licensing committee.