Administration of Justice Act 1964

Pending proceedings

19 (1) Any proceedings the hearing of which has begun but is not completed before 1st April 1965 before the court of quarter sessions for a county or borough abolished by section 3 of the London Government Act 1963 shall be continued and disposed of as if that Act and this Act had not been passed.

(2) Any expenses incurred by a court exercising jurisdiction or other powers by virtue of the foregoing sub-paragraph, including such sums in respect of the remuneration and allowances of the chairman, recorder and officers of the court as may be agreed between the persons to be remunerated and the Greater London Council or, in default of agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State, shall be defrayed by the Greater London Council.

20 Subject to paragraph 19 of this Schedule, any person who immediately before 1st April 1965 stands committed for trial or sentence or order to the court of quarter sessions for a county or borough abolished by section 3 of the London Government Act 1963 shall be deemed to have been committed to the court of quarter sessions for the London commission area in which the county or borough is wholly or mainly situated and may be tried, sentenced or otherwise dealt with by the last-mentioned court as if he had originally been committed thereto by a magistrates' court for that area ; and any recognizance entered into in connection with the committal shall have effect accordingly.

21 (1) The inclusion in a London commission area of any existing part of the county of Essex, Kent, Surrey or Hertfordshire shall not affect the jurisdiction or other powers of a court of assize or quarter sessions for that county to hear and determine any proceedings of which the court has cognizance immediately before 1st April 1965.

(2) The inclusion in the county of Surrey or Hertfordshire of any part of the existing district of the Central Criminal Court shall not affect the jurisdiction of that Court to hear and determine any proceedings of which the Court has cognizance immediately before 1st April 1965.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph the court shall be deemed to have cognizance of any proceedings immediately before 1st April 1965 if—

(a) in the case of criminal proceedings, the accused has before that date been committed to the court for trial, sentence or order or under section 5 of the Vagrancy Act 1824 or otherwise been ordered to be tried before the court;

(b) in the case of an appeal to a court of quarter sessions, notice of appeal has been given before that date ;

(c) in any other case, the proceedings have been instituted before that date ;

and the proceedings have not been concluded.

22 Any documents in the custody, by virtue of his office as such, of the custos rotulorum or the clerk of the peace for a county or borough abolished by section 3 of the London Government Act 1963 shall be transferred to the custody of the custos rotulorum or the clerk of the peace, as the case may be, for the London commission area in which that county or borough is wholly or mainly situated.