# The Local Government Changes for England (Magistrates' Courts) Regulations 1996, Paragraph 5: Modification of references


(1) In the enactments to which this paragraph applies—
(a) any reference to a justice of the peace for, of or within 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);
(b) any reference to county justices shall be construed in relation to any area in England outside Greater London as a reference to justices of the peace for a commission area (as so defined); and
(c) any reference to a county, without more, shall be construed in relation to any area in England outside Greater London as a reference to a commission area (as so defined).
(2) The enactments to which this paragraph applies are the following—
(a) section 10 of the Parochial Libraries Act 1708;
(b) section 4 of the Distress for Rent Act 1737;
(c) section 4 of the Inclosure Act 1773;
(d) section 2 of the Burial Ground Act 1816;
(e) section 2 of the Distress (Costs) Act 1817;
(f) section 1 of the Inclosure and Drainage (Rates) Act 1833;
(g) section 1 of the Geological Survey Act 1845;
(h) section 159 of the Inclosure Act 1845;
(i) section 18 of the London Hackney Carriage Act 1853;
(j) the Second Part of the Schedule to the Promissory Oaths Act 1868;
(k) paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933;
(l) section 19(1) of the Prison Act 1952;
(m) sections 2(2), 85(1), 187(1), 188(1) and 193(1) and (2) of the Licensing Act 1964;
(n) section 177 of the Representation of the People Act 1983.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/674/schedule/paragraph/5 (the official version)
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