# The Magistrates' Courts Committees (Northumbria) 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 January 1999 or such earlier day as the transferor committees shall appoint for the establishment of the selection panel;
“the second appointed day” means 1st April 1999 or such earlier day as the transferor committees shall appoint for the establishment of the transferee committee;
“the amalgamation date” means 1st April 2000;
“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;
“interested authority”, in relation to this Order, has the meaning given by section 32(10) of the 1997 Act;
a reference to a justice for a county or metropolitan district means a justice who ordinarily acts or will act in and for a petty sessions area comprised in that county or metropolitan district;
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/1998/2707/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-northumbria-amalgamation-order-1998/schedule/paragraph-1
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