# The Magistrates' Courts Committees (Devon and Cornwall) Amalgamation Order 1998, Paragraph 1: Interpretation


In this Schedule—
“the 1997 Act” means the Justices of the Peace Act 1997;
“the Constitution Regulations” means the Magistrates' Courts Committees (Constitution) Regulations 1994;
“the first appointed day” means 1st August 1998 or such earlier day as the transferor committees shall appoint for the establishment of the selection panel;
“the second appointed day” means 1st September 1998 or such earlier day as the transferor committees shall appoint for the establishment of the transferee committee;
“the amalgamation date” means 1st April 1999;
“the transferor committees” means the magistrates' courts committees abolished by article 2;
“the transferee committee” means the magistrates' courts committee constituted by article 3;
“bench” means the justices assigned to a petty sessions area;
a reference to a justice for a retained county means a justice who ordinarily acts or will act in and for a petty sessions area comprised in that retained county;
all other words and phrases have the same meanings as in the Constitution Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1432/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-devon-and-cornwall-amalgamation-order-1998/schedule/paragraph-1
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