# The Local Government (Magistrates' Courts etc.) Order 1986, 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—
(a) a supervision order within the meaning of section 11 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969;
(b) an order under section 2(1)(f) of the Matrimonial Proceedings (Magistrates' Courts) Act 1960 or section 9 of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978;
(c) an order under section 2(2)(a) of the Guardianship Act 1973;
(d) a supervision order within the meaning of section 26 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973;
(e) an order under section 17(1)(a) or section 36(3)(b) of the Children Act 1975.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/399/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-magistrates-courts-etc-order-1986/article-10
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