Regulation 2 Interpretation

• “the 1994 Regulations” means the Magistrates' Courts Committees (Constitution) Regulations 1994^f1;

• “the 1997 Act” means the Justices of the Peace Act 1997;

• “the 1999 Act” means the Access to Justice Act 1999^f2;

• “committee” means a magistrates' courts committee established under Part III of the 1997 Act;

• “committee area” means the area to which the committee relates;

• “supplemental list” means the supplemental list referred to in section 7 of the 1997 Act^f3; and

• “justice” means a justice of the peace whose name has not been entered in the supplemental list.

references to a section number are references to a section of the 1997 Act; and

references to section 28^f4 are, in relation to Greater London, references to section 28 as saved and modified by paragraphs 30 and 31 of Schedule 14 to the 1999 Act.