Part I Greater London
F11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F511. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12 Composition of juvenile courts. C1
1
F6. . . and Part II of that Schedule shall apply accordingly to the inner London area and the City subject to the following provisions of this section.
2
In paragraph 15 of the said Schedule 2 for any reference to a justice or justices of the peace for the county of London there shall be substituted a reference to a lay justice or justices for the inner London area.
3
The functions of the Secretary of State under the said Part II with respect to the nomination or selection of the chairmen and other members of the F7youth courts shall be transferred to the Lord Chancellor, and accordingly for any reference to the Secretary of State in paragraphs 15, 16 and 18 of the said Schedule 2 there shall be substituted a reference to the Lord Chancellor.
F813. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lieutenant and Sheriff
18
F91
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F103
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19 Sheriff of Greater London. C2
1
For Greater London other than the City a sheriff, who shall be known as the sheriff of Greater London, shall be appointed in accordance with the enactments and customs applied by the following provisions of this section F11and an under-sheriff shall be so appointed for each area of Greater London (not including any part of the City) specified by the Lord Chancellor by order; and an order under this subsection shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
2
Subject to the following provisions of this section—
a
for the purposes of the M1Sheriffs Act 1887 and the customs relating to the appointment of sheriffs Greater London other than the City shall be treated as a county;
b
any enactment not contained in the said Act of 1887 or the F12M2House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 shall apply to the sheriff of Greater London as if Greater London other than the City were a county and shall apply to the under-sheriff of any F13area specified by virtue of subsection (1) of this section as if that area were a county;
c
any reference in any enactment to the sheriff of the county of London or of Middlesex shall be construed as a reference to the sheriff of Greater London.
3
4
The M3Sheriffs Act 1887 shall, in its application to Greater London, the sheriff of Greater London and the under-sheriff of any F15area specified by virtue of subsection (1) of this section, have effect subject to the following additional modifications:—
a
in sections 7(1), 17, 23(3) and 26 any reference to a justice of the peace for a county shall be construed as a reference to a F48any justice of the peace for a commission area consisting of or including the whole or part of Greater London;
b
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c
the documents required by sections 6(3), 23(1) and 30 to be sent to the clerk of the peace F17shall be sent to the officer specified by the Lord Chancellor by order made by statutory instrument..
Miscellaneous and Supplementary
F1820. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
F191
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F203
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F195
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F207
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F2122. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2223. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2324. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25
F241
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F252
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F243
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26 The Inner and Middle Temples.
It is hereby declared that the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple are included in the City of London, and in no other area, for the purposes of the law relating to county courts, commissions of the peace, justices of peace, . . . F26, magistrates’ courts, F27. . . sheriffs, juries and matters connected therewith.
Part II
F2827. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2929. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3030. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3131. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3232. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3333. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3434. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part III Supplemental
F3535. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3636. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37 Financial provisions.
1
Any increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in the sums payable under any other enactment out of the Consolidated Fund or out of moneys provided by Parliament shall be paid out of that Fund or out of moneys so provided.
2
Any sums paid to the Lord Chancellor under section 5 of this Act shall be paid into the Exchequer.
3
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4
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38 Interpretation.
1
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meaning hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—
“the City” means the City of London;
“committed for sentence or order” means committed to be dealt with under F39section 37 or 38 of the M4Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, or under section 67 of the M5Mental Health Act 1959;
F40 . . .
“existing”, in relation to any authority or thing, means that authority or thing as it existed immediately before the commencement of this Act;
F41. . .
“officer” includes the holder of any place, situation or employment and “office” shall be construed accordingly;
F42 “Receiver” means the Receiver for the metropolitan police district;
F43. . .
2
References in this Act to any enactment shall, except in so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to that enactment as amended by or under any subsequent enactment including this Act.
39 Consequential and minor modifications and amendments.
1
Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect for the purpose of making general adaptations of enactments in consequence of the foregoing provisions of this Act.
2
The enactments specified in Part II of the said Schedule 3 shall have effect subject to the modifications and amendments set out in that Part, being modifications and amendments consequential on the foregoing provisions of this Act and other minor amendments.
40 Transitional provisions.
F441
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2
No provision contained in this Act or any instrument thereunder shall be construed as prejudicing the powers conferred by section 148 of the M6Local Government Act 1933, Part II of the M7Local Government Act 1958 or section 84 or 87 of the M8London Government Act 1963 (whether as originally enacted or as extended by section 35 of this Act).
41 Short title, commencement, extent and repeal.
1
This Act may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act 1964.
2
Subject to the provisions of Schedule 4 to this Act, Part I of this Act shall come into force on 1st April 1965 except that if the Secretary of State by order appoints an earlier day for the commencement of any provision of the said Part I, that provision shall come into force on that earlier day.
C33
The following provisions of this Act, that is to say, Part II (except section 31), section 39 and subsection (8) of this section shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.
4
Different days may be appointed under this section for different purposes of this Act; and any reference in any provision of this Act to the commencement of this Act shall, unless otherwise provided by any order under this section, be construed as a reference to the day on which that provision comes into operation.
5
Any order under this section may make such transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions thereby brought into force, including such adaptations of those provisions or any provisions of this Act then in force as appear to him necessary or expedient in consequence of the partial operation of this Act (whether before or after the day appointed by the order).
6
This Act, except section 31 F45. . ., shall not extend to Scotland.
7
This Act, F46. . . shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
F478
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