Administration of Justice Act 1964

Quarter sessions

2 As from the issuing of a commission of the peace for a London commission area specified in column 1 of the following Table until the appointment of a clerk of the peace for that area under the arrangements mentioned in paragraph 3(1) of this Schedule or until 1st April 1965, whichever first occurs, the clerk specified in relation to that area in column 2 of that Table shall act as clerk of the peace for that area, and references in the following paragraphs of this Schedule to the clerk of the peace shall be construed accordingly.

TABLE

Area	Acting Clerk of the peace
Inner London area.	Clerk of the peace for the county of London.
North-east London area.	Clerk of the peace for Essex.
South-east London area.	Clerk of the peace for Kent.
South-west London area.	Clerk of the peace for Surrey.
Middlesex area.	Clerk of the peace for Middlesex.

3 (1) After the issue of a commission of the peace for a London commission area and before 1st April 1965 the court of quarter sessions for that area shall make all such arrangements, including the making of appointments, the holding of elections and the making of rules with respect to the procedure of the court, to compensation committees and to other matters, as are necessary for the purpose of enabling the court to begin to exercise their jurisdiction on that date, of establishing committees of the court before that date and of enabling any such committee to exercise all their functions not later than that date.

(2) The Lord Chancellor may at any time after the issue of a commission of the peace for a London commission area and before 1st April 1965 appoint a person to act as chairman of the court of quarter sessions for that area until the appointment of a whole-time chairman of the court under this Act or until 1st April 1965, whichever first occurs, and any person appointed under this paragraph shall while acting as aforesaid exercise all the administrative functions of the whole-time chairman and be a member and, if the case so requires, chairman of any committee of which the whole-time chairman would be a member or, as the case may be, chairman.

4 (1) After the issue of a commission of the peace for a London commission area and before 1st April 1965 the Greater London Council shall make all necessary arrangements for satisfying the initial requirements of the court of quarter sessions for that area as to accommodation and equipment, and subsections (2) to (4) and (12) of section 29 of this Act shall apply for that purpose notwithstanding that that section has not come into force.

(2) In the case of the court of quarter sessions for the north-east, south-east or south-west London area, if the county council of Essex, Kent or Surrey, as the case may be, are requested by the Greater London Council to provide any accommodation or equipment necessary for the purposes of the said arrangements and decline to do so or fail to agree with the Greater London Council about the terms or conditions on which it is to be provided, the dispute shall be referred to the Secretary of State who may give such directions in the matter as he thinks fit, but no county council shall be required by virtue of this sub-paragraph to provide any accommodation or equipment for those purposes after 1st April 1970.