# Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the jurisdiction of, and the practice and procedure before, magistrates’ courts and the functions of justices’ clerks, and to matters connected therewith, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.
[1st August 1980]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/43/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-act-1980/introduction
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