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Paragraph 3 Sheriffs Act 1887

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

Sch. para. 2(1) revoked by Access to Justice Act 1999 Sch. 15 Pt. 5
Sch. para. 2(3) revoked by Access to Justice Act 1999 Sch. 15 Pt. 5
Sch. para. 2(7) revoked by Access to Justice Act 1999 Sch. 15 Pt. 5
Sch. para. 5 revoked by Access to Justice Act 1999 Sch. 15 Pt. 5
Sch. para. 1 revoked by Justices of the Peace Act 1997 Sch. 6 Pt. 2
Sch. para. 4(2) revoked by Justices of the Peace Act 1997 Sch. 6 Pt. 2

In section 38 of the Sheriffs Act 1887^f1 the following shall be inserted at the end—

“Any reference to a justice of the peace for a county shall be construed in relation to any area in England outside Greater London as a reference to a justice of the peace for a commission area (as defined in section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979) comprising the whole or any part of that county.”.

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f1: 1887 c. 55; the previous definition of county in section 38 was repealed by Schedule 30 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) and a new definition was inserted by S.I. 1995/1748.