Article 10 Interpretation

In this Part of this Order—

• “justice” means a justice of the peace and any reference to a justice for a petty sessional division shall be construed as a reference to a justice who, as regards a time before 1st April 1986, ordinarily acts in and for that division and any reference to a justice for a petty sessions area shall be construed as a reference to a justice who, on and after 1st April 1986, ordinarily acts in and for that area;

• “petty sessional division” means any of the petty sessional divisions listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 to this Order, being petty sessional divisions which, in consequence of section 12 of the 1985 Act, cease to exist on 1st April 1986;

• “petty sessions area” has, except where the context otherwise requires, the same meaning as in section 4(2)(d) of the 1979 Act as amended by section 12(2) of the 1985 Act;

• “respective new petty sessions area” in relation to a petty sessional division means the petty sessions area comprising the outer London borough specified opposite to that division in column (2) of Schedule 2 to this Order;

• “community service order” means an order under section 14 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973;

• “probation order” means a probation order made, or having effect as if made, under section 2 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973;

• “supervision order” means any of the following orders, that is to say—

  1. (a)

     a supervision order within the meaning of section 11 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969;

  2. (b)

     an order under section 2(1)(f) of the Matrimonial Proceedings (Magistrates' Courts) Act 1960^f1 or section 9 of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978;

  3. (c)

     an order under section 2(2)(a) of the Guardianship Act 1973^f2;

  4. (d)

     a supervision order within the meaning of section 26 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973;

  5. (e)

     an order under section 17(1)(a) or section 36(3)(b) of the Children Act 1975^f3.