Paragraph 7 Modification of references
In the enactments to which this paragraph applies—
any reference to a justice of the peace for, of or within a county shall be construed in relation to any area in Wales as a reference to a justice of the peace for a commission area (as defined in section 1 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979);
any reference to county justices shall in relation to any area in Wales be construed as a reference to justices of the peace for a commission area (as so defined), and
any reference to a county, without more, shall be construed in relation to any area in Wales as a reference to a commission area (as so defined).
The enactments to which this paragraph applies are the following—
section 10 of the Parochial Libraries Act 1708f1;
section 4 of the Distress for Rent Act 1737f2;
section 4 of the Inclosure Act 1773f3;
section 2 of the Burial Ground Act 1816f4;
section 2 of the Distress (Costs) Act 1817f5;
section 1 of the Inclosure and Drainage (Rates) Act 1833f6;
section 1 of the Geological Survey Act 1845f7;
section 159 of the Inclosure Act 1845f8;
section 18 of the London Hackney Carriage Act 1853f9;
the Second Part of the Schedule to the Promissory Oaths Act 1868f10;
paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933f11;
section 19(1) of the Prison Act 1952f12;
Annotations
Footnotes
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7 Anne c.14.
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11 Geo. 2 c.19.
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13 Geo. 3 c.81.
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56 Geo. 3 c.141.
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57 Geo. 3 c.93.
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3 & 4 Will. 4 c.35.
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8 & 9 Vict. c.63.
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8 & 9 Vict. c.118.
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16 & 17 Vict. c.33.
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31 & 32 Vict. c.72.
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1952 c. 52, as amended by Schedule 30 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70).