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Administration of Justice Act 1964

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SCHEDULES

Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1The Central Criminal Court

Constitution

1The Central Criminal Court (hereafter in this Schedule referred to as " the Court") shall consist of ex officio judges, additional judges and such other persons as may be included in any commission issued under paragraph 4 of this Schedule, and those judges and commissioners shall be the judges of the Court.

2The ex officio judges shall be the holders of the following offices, that is to say—

CitySupreme Court
Lord Mayor of the City.Lord Chancellor.
Alderman of the City.Lord Chief Justice.
Recorder of London.Judge of the Queen's Bench
Common Serjeant.Division of the High Court.

3The additional judges shall be the judges of the Court appointed or holding office under Part II of the City of London (Courts) Act 1964.

Jurisdiction

4Her Majesty may by commissions of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery for Greater London addressed to the judges of the Court assign to them the duty to exercise jurisdiction under the commissions as judges of the Court, and the commissions shall have the like effect as respects Greater London as commissions of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery issued for a county elsewhere in England and Wales have as respects that county.

5The jurisdiction of the Court shall include jurisdiction to try and determine indictments for offences committed within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England.

6Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the area of jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court for any session of the Court specified in the Order shall extend to any specified area adjoining Greater London ; and any enactment (including any enactment in this Act) relating to the Central Criminal Court shall have effect as respects the session specified in the Order as if the area so specified were part of Greater London.

7Every Order in Council under the last foregoing paragraph shall be laid before Parliament after being made.

8The jurisdiction of the Court may be exercised by any one or more of the judges of the Court and those judges shall, when exercising that jurisdiction, be deemed to constitute a court of the High Court.

Sittings

9The Lord Chief Justice shall fix and cause to be published the date of the beginning of each session of the Central Criminal Court together with a date in that session which is to be the relevant date for the purposes of paragraph 10 of this Schedule.

10A magistrates' court who would apart from this paragraph be required to commit an accused person for trial to the next session of the Court shall, if the committal falls to be made between the beginning of a session of the Court and the relevant date in that session, commit him to the current session of the Court; and accordingly section 14(1) of the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1962 (which enables a magistrates' court to commit an accused person to current assizes or quarter sessions with the consent of the accused, the prosecutor and the judge) shall, so far as it relates to committal to the Court, only apply to committal to the Court on or after the relevant date in any session of the Court.

11Where an accused person is committed for trial to the current session of the Court, his trial shall not, except with his and the prosecutor's consent, begin until the expiration of the period of fourteen days beginning with the date of his committal.

12Where an accused person is committed for trial to the Court, his trial shall, unless the Court has otherwise ordered, begin not later than whichever of the following dates is applicable, that is to say—

(a)where he is committed to the current session, the expiration of the period of twenty-eight days beginning with the date of his committal;

(b)where he is committed to the next session, the expiration of the period of twenty-eight days beginning with the date of his committal or of the period of seven days beginning with the beginning of the next session, whichever is the later.

13For the purposes of this Schedule the trial of a person committed to the Court shall be deemed to begin when he is arraigned on the charges for which he is indicted in consequence of the committal.

14The Court may sit at any place in the City and may sit in more than one division simultaneously.

Officers

15The clerk of the Court and such other officers of the Court as may be necessary shall be appointed by the judges of the Court, and the salaries and any allowances payable to the clerk and other officers shall be such as may be determined by the judges of the Court.

16The remuneration and expenses of the clerk and other officers of the Court, and any expenses incurred in the provision and maintenance of office machinery and stationery for the office of the clerk of the Court, shall be defrayed by the Greater London Council.

Supplemental

17Any commission under paragraph 4 of this Schedule may be issued and revoked in the same manner as a commission of assize and, if not so revoked, shall continue in force until superseded by a new commission thereunder.

18The foregoing provisions of this Schedule shall be without prejudice to the jurisdiction of a court of quarter sessions for any part of Greater London.

Section 23.

SCHEDULE 2Superannuation of Chairmen, etc., who have been Stipendiary Magistrates

1Where a person to whom this Schedule applies retires from the office of chairman or deputy chairman of the court of quarter sessions for a London commission area having qualified for a pension under section 22 of the Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act 1950 as applied by section 23(1) of this Act, then, if he so elects—

(a)the amount of the pension which may be paid to him under the said section 22 shall be an amount equal to the pension for which he would have been eligible if he had continued to serve in his former office of stipendiary magistrate until his retirement at the salary then payable to a holder of that office ; and

(b)any lump sum payable in his case under Part I of the said Act of 1950 shall be calculated as if his last annual salary were the salary payable at the date of his retirement to a holder of his former office.

2Where a person to whom this Schedule applies dies while still holding office as chairman or deputy chairman of the court of quarter sessions for a London commission area, and his legal personal representatives so elect, any derivative benefit payable in respect of him under the said Act of 1950 shall be calculated as if the pension for which he would have been eligible if he had retired at the time of his death were a pension of the amount described in paragraph 1(a) of this Schedule, and as if his last annual salary were the salary payable at the time of his death to a holder of his former office.

3Where the amount of any pension or other benefit payable to or in respect of a person under section 22 of the said Act of 1950 is calculated in accordance with paragraph 1 or 2 of this Schedule, the Greater London Council shall, if he served for not less than five years as a stipendiary magistrate, be entitled to contributions in respect of his former service as a stipendiary magistrate and the contributions shall be paid by the authority who paid his salary in his last office of stipendiary magistrate.

4The amount of any contribution payable under paragraph 3 of this Schedule in respect of any pension or other benefit to or in respect of any person—

(a)shall be such as may be agreed between the Greater London Council and the other authority concerned ; or

(b)in default of agreement, shall be the amount which the contributing authority would have to pay in respect of that benefit on the date of the payment of the benefit if—

(i)that person had on ceasing to hold his last office of stipendiary magistrate retired from that office on the ground that he was permanently incapacitated by reason of infirmity of mind or body from discharging the duties of his office ; and

(ii)the Lord Chancellor or the contributing authority, as the case may be, had been satisfied of that ground by means of a medical certificate.

5Section 33(6) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (which provides for contributions from one authority to another in respect of a pension under that section of a stipendiary magistrate who has served in more than one office) shall apply to the contribution payable by a contributing authority under paragraph 3 of this Schedule as it applies to a pension payable under that section.

6An election under paragraph 1 or 2 of this Schedule shall be made within the period of three months beginning with the retirement or death of the person by or in respect of whom it is made and shall be made in writing addressed to the clerk to the Greater London Council.

7Any contribution payable by the Treasury under paragraph 3, or by virtue of paragraph 5, of this Schedule shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund.

Section 39.

SCHEDULE 3ADAPTATION, AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION OF ENACTMENTS

PART IGeneral adaptation of enactments

1Any reference in any enactment to the Central Criminal Court district shall be construed as a reference to Greater London.

2Any reference in any enactment to a metropolitan police court, a metropolitan magistrates' court or a metropolitan stipendiary court shall be construed as a reference to a magistrates' court for the inner London area.

3Any reference in any enactment to a magistrate of the metropolitan police court or metropolitan stipendiary court at Bow Street shall be construed as a reference to a metropolitan stipendiary magistrate sitting in a magistrates' court in the same court-house as the chief metropolitan stipendiary magistrate.

4Any reference in any enactment to the metropolitan police court area or the metropolitan stipendiary court area shall be construed as a reference to the inner London area.

5The foregoing provisions of this Schedule shall apply to any reference mentioned in those provisions, whatever the terms of the reference, but shall have effect subject to any specific provision elsewhere in this Act and, in particular, to the following provisions of this Schedule.

PART IIParticular Amendments and Modifications

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE ACT 1829

6In section 1 for any reference to the county of Middlesex there shall be substituted a reference to each of the London commission areas.

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE ACT 1856

7In section 2 the word " Middlesex " shall be omitted and after the word " therein " there shall be inserted the words " and for each of the London commission areas ".

THE STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES' ACT 1858

8In section 11, in its application to a London commission area, for the references to the treasurer of the county there shall be substituted references to the treasurer to the Greater London Council.

THE EXTRADITION ACT 1870

9In section 10 the words " to the Middlesex House of Detention, or to some other prison in Middlesex " shall be omitted.

THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (PRISONS) ACT 1881

10For the purposes of section 2(5) Greater London shall be deemed to be a county.

THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT 1882

11In section 168(2), after the words "save as regards" there shall be inserted the words " the taking of the oath and ".

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1888

12(1)In section 42(12) for the references to the county of London there shall be substituted references to Greater London.

(2)In section 67, in its application to a London commission area, for the reference to the county treasurer there shall be substituted a reference to the treasurer to the Greater London Council.

(3)Section 83(4) shall not apply to a London commission area.

THE JURIES ACT 1922

13In section 7, in the definition of " overseers ", for the words "metropolitan borough" there shall be substituted the words " London borough ".

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (CLERKS) ACT 1931

14(1)In sections 3(1), 4 and 7(3) for references to the standing joint committee there shall be substituted references to the court of quarter sessions.

(2)So much of section 3(3) as adapts the enactments relating to fees and costs payable to the clerk of the peace shall cease to have effect.

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1933

15(1)Sections 3 and 5 shall apply to the chairman and vice-chairman of the Greater London Council without the modifications effected by paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 2 to the London Government Act 1963, but as if in section 3(5) for the words from " the county ", in the first place where those words occur, to the end of the subsection there were substituted the words " each of the London commission areas ".

(2)Section 18(8) shall apply to the mayor of a London borough as it applies to the mayor of a non-county borough, but as if for the words from " the county in which the borough is situate" to the end of the subsection there were substituted the words " the London commission area in which the borough is situated "; and section 20(3) shall apply to the deputy mayor of a London borough without the modification effected by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the London Government Act 1963.

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPERANNUATION ACT 1937

16For the purposes of section 4(2), in its application (by virtue of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Superannuation Act 1953) to justices' clerks for an outer London area and staff employed by a magistrates' courts committee for such an area to assist a justices' clerk, Greater London shall be treated as a county and the Greater London Council shall be treated as the council of that county.

THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1938

17(1)In section 1(4) for the words " second court" there shall be substituted the words " additional court ".

(2)In sections 1(5) and 2(5) for the references to the court of quarter sessions for the county of London there shall be substituted references to a court of quarter sessions for any of the London commission areas.

THE LONDON BUILDING ACTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1939

18In section 151(1), in paragraph (b) the words "or of the metropolitan police " shall be omitted and after that paragraph there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—

(bb)every building, structure or work vested in the Receiver for the metropolitan police district and occupied for the purposes of the metropolitan police, the magistrates' courts in the inner London area within the meaning of the Administration of Justice Act 1964 (including the juvenile courts for that area and the City of London) or the probation system in that area.

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1948

19(1)In section 37(5) for paragraphs (a) to (c) (which specify the persons who may grant bail under that section while a case is stated by a court of quarter sessions) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs:—

(a)in the case of quarter sessions for a county elsewhere than Greater London by the chairman or a deputy chairman of the quarter sessions;

(b)in the case of quarter sessions for a borough, by the recorder or any deputy recorder ;

(c)in the case of quarter sessions for a London commission area, by any person who is a legally qualified chairman of the court for the purposes of section 7 of the Administration of Justice Act 1964.

(2)In section 77(3)(a) the reference to Schedule 5 shall include a reference to section 22(4) of this Act.

(3)In paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 5 the words " possessing such qualifications as may be prescribed " shall cease to have effect.

(4)For paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 5 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph :—

(4)A probation committee may delegate all or any of their functions to a subcommittee consisting of members of the committee.

THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT 1949

20(1)Any allowance payable under section 8 to a justice of the peace for a London commission area in respect of his duties as such shall, if the duties are those of a justice for the inner London area out of sessions, be paid by the Receiver, and shall in any other case be paid by the Greater London Council.

(2)In section 15(2) for the reference to the chief magistrate of the metropolitan stipendiary court at Bow Street there shall be substituted a reference to the chief metropolitan stipendiary magistrate.

(3)In section 16(5) for the words from "in the case" to " means" there shall be substituted the words " means subject to section 2(3) of the Administration of Justice Act 1964 ".

(4)Section 18 shall, in its application to the outer London areas, have effect as if any reference to the council of a county were a reference to the Greater London Council, and in subsection 9(a) of that section for the words " metropolitan borough" there shall be substituted the words " other than an inner London borough ".

(5)Section 24 shall cease to have effect.

(6)Section 25 shall, in its application to the outer London areas, have effect as if any reference to the council of a county were a reference to the Greater London Council, but the sums payable by the Greater London Council under subsection (2) of that section shall be chargeable only on the outer London boroughs.

(7)In section 27 the references to the council of a county shall include a reference to the Greater London Council and in section 27(2) the reference to functions under Parts III and IV of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 shall include a reference to functions under section 27 of this Act.

(8)In section 29(11) for the words " the county of London " there shall be substituted the words " the inner London area within the meaning of the Administration of Justice Act 1964 ".

THE COSTS IN CRIMINAL CASES ACT 1952

21(1)In section 7(1), after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—

(aa)in the case of offences committed in Greater London, the general fund of the Greater London Council.

(2)In section 7(2) for the words "the County of London" there shall be substituted the words " Greater London ".

(3)In section 7(3) the reference to the fund of any county shall include a reference to the general fund of the Greater London Council.

(4)Greater London shall be treated as a county for the purposes of section 7(4) to (6).

(5)In sections 8 and 9 references to the treasurer of the county out of whose funds costs are payable under that Act shall, where costs are so payable out of the general fund of the Greater London Council, be construed as references to the treasurer to that Council.

(6)In section 11 references to the treasurer of a county, to a county fund and to a county council shall include references respectively to the treasurer to the Greater London Council, to the general fund of that Council and to that Council.

THE MAGISTRATES' COURTS ACT 1952

22(1)Section 10 shall, in its application to a magistrates' court for an area in Greater London, have effect as if for the words from " unlikely" to " within" in proviso (a) there were substituted the words " unlikely that the trial of the accused's case would otherwise begin within ".

(2)Section 12 shall, in its application to the Central Criminal Court, have effect as if for the reference to the end of the assizes there were substituted a reference to the latest date on which, under paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to this Act, the trial of the accused must begin or, if the court has under that paragraph ordered that the trial shall begin on some other date, that other date.

(3)Section 112 shall apply to magistrates' courts held by metropolitan stipendiary magistrates or held at either of the justice rooms of the City as it applies to other magistrates' courts.

(4)Notwithstanding subsection (4) of section 118, subsections (1) and (2) of that section shall apply to the justices' clerks for the inner London area, and shall so apply as if for the reference in subsection (2) to the magistrates' courts committee there were substituted a reference to the committee of magistrates.

(5)In the definition of " county " in section 126(1), the words from " except" to " County of London " shall be omitted, and at the end there shall be added the words " and references to a county include references to the City of London and any London commission area ".

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS DISQUALIFICATION ACT 1957

23(1)In Part I of Schedule 1, both in its application to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and in its application to the Senate and House of Commons of Northern Ireland—

(a)after the entry relating to the Common Serjeant there shall be inserted the words " Additional Judge of the Central Criminal Court ";

(b)in the entry relating to the judges of the Mayor's and City of London Court the words " or Additional" shall cease to have effect;

(c)in the entry relating to the whole-time salaried chairman and deputy chairmen of London Quarter Sessions for the words " London Quarter Sessions " there shall be substituted the words " the court of quarter sessions for a London commission area ".

(2)In Part III of Schedule 1, in its application to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the entry relating to clerks and other officers and servants of a metropolitan magistrates' court shall cease to have effect.

(3)In Part IV of Schedule 1, in its application to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom—

(a)after the entry relating to Her Majesty's Commissioner of Lieutenancy in the City of London there shall be inserted the following words:—

Her Majesty's Lieutenant for Greater London.Any constituency comprising any part of Greater London;;

(b)after the entry relating to the Governor of the Isle of Wight there shall be inserted the following words—

The High Sheriff of Greater London.Any constituency comprising any part of Greater London.

THE SOLICITORS ACT 1957

24For section 33(3) there shall be substituted the following subsection :—

(3)Where a solicitor is a justice of the peace for any London commission area within the meaning of the Administration of Justice Act 1964 but is so by virtue of his office as mayor of a London borough, his being a justice for that area shall not subject any partner of his to any disqualification under this section.

THE COUNTY COURTS ACT 1959

25(1)In section 4(1) for the word " eighty " there shall be substituted the word " ninety ".

(2)In section 4(4) for the words " there shall be two judges for a district" there shall be substituted the words " for a district wholly or partly situated in Greater London there shall be two or three judges (whichever is specified in the direction) and for any district not so situated there shall be two judges ".

DISTRESS FOR RATES ACT 1960

26Section 11(1) shall in its application to Greater London have effect as if the reference to the rating area included a reference to a part of the rating area.

THE MATRIMONIAL PROCEEDINGS (MAGISTRATES' COURTS) ACT 1960

27In section 1(2), after the word " shall " there shall be inserted the words " subject to section 11 of the Administration of Justice Act 1964 and any determination of the committee of magistrates thereunder."

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION ACT 1962

28(1)In section 8(5), at the end there shall be added the words " or to the remuneration of the chairman or deputy chairman, or any person temporarily acting as chairman or deputy chairman, of the court of quarter sessions for a London commission area within the meaning of the Administration of Justice Act 1964. "

(2)Section 16(4) shall not apply to the court of quarter sessions for a London commission area.

(3)In section 18(5), in its application to a London commission area, for any reference to a county council there shall be substituted a reference to the Greater London Council.

THE BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES ACT 1963

29In paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, in paragraph (a) of the definition of " clerk to the appropriate authority ", the reference to the magistrates' court committee shall include a reference to the committee of magistrates.

THE OFFICES, SHOPS AND RAILWAY PREMISES ACT 1963

30In section 52(3) for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(c)premises provided and maintained for purposes connected with the administration of justice by the council of a county, the Greater London Council, a local authority or the receiver for the metropolitan police district.

THE LICENSING ACT 1964

31(1)In section 2(1) for the words from " (a) in the administrative " to " London " in paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the words " the City of London ".

(2)In section 25(2) for the words from " and (b)" to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words—

(b)if the licensing district for which the licensing justices acted is in a London commission area, out of the general fund of the Greater London Council;

(c)if the licensing district for which the licensing justices acted is the City of London, out of the general rate of the City of London ; and

(d)in any other case, out of the county fund of the county in which the licensing district is situated ;

and any sum falling to be paid by virtue of this subsection out of the general fund of the Greater London Council shall be chargeable only on the London boroughs.

(3)In section 25(3) for the words from " as if" to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words " subject however to the following modifications:—

(a)for any reference in those provisions to a borough or county borough there shall be substituted a reference to the City of London or to a borough having a separate court of quarter sessions, as the case may require ; and

(b)in the application of those provisions to the City of London for any reference to the treasurer there shall be substituted a reference to the Chamberlain ".

(4)In section 201(1) for the definition of " the metropolis" there shall be substituted the following definition, that is to say, " ' the metropolis' means an area consisting of the inner London area within the meaning of the Administration of Justice Act 1964 and the City of London ".

(5)In Part VII and Schedule 11 any reference to the administrative county of London shall be construed as a reference to the metropolis, and any reference in Schedule 11 to the county of London or London shall be construed as a reference to the inner London area.

Section 40.

SCHEDULE 4Transitional Provisions

Commissions of the peace

1Each commission granted under section 2 of this Act shall be issued in time to enable persons mentioned in the commission to exercise all such administrative functions as may be necessary for the purpose of enabling courts of quarter sessions and magistrates' courts for the London commission areas to begin to exercise their jurisdiction on 1st April 1965, but until that date shall not confer on those courts any right to exercise jurisdiction or affect the jurisdiction of any existing court.

Quarter sessions

2As 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

AreaActing 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.

Petty sessional divisions

5(1)The Secretary of State shall as soon as may be after the passing of this Act make the following orders :—

(a)an order under section 14 of this Act dividing the inner London area into petty sessional divisions ;

(b)an order dividing each of the outer London areas into petty sessional divisions ;

(c)an order creating such new petty sessional divisions of a county adjoining Greater London or such alterations of existing petty sessional divisions in any such county as he thinks appropriate in consequence of the changes effected in the area of that county by section 3 of the London Government Act 1963.

(2)Any order made under or by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph may contain transitional and other consequential provisions.

(3)Any order under section 14 of this Act making the initial division of the inner London area into petty sessional divisions may be made without the recommendation or consultation required by that section.

(4)An order under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c) of this paragraph shall be treated for the purposes of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 as if it had been made under section 18 of that Act.

Magistrates' courts, etc.

6(1)Subject to paragraph 14 of this Schedule, after the division of a London commission area into petty sessional divisions and before 1st April 1965 the justices of the respective divisions of that area shall make all such arrangements, including the making of appointments and the holding of elections, as are necessary for the purpose of enabling magistrates' courts for the area to begin to exercise their jurisdiction on that date and of establishing before that date the several committees and other bodies to which members fall to be appointed or elected by the justices for that area or any division thereof.

(2)Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph, but subject as aforesaid, any committee or other body to which members are appointed or elected by justices of the peace for a London commission area or any petty sessional division thereof shall after being established and before 1st April 1965 make all such arrangements for the area or division for which they act, including the making of appointments and holding of elections, as are necessary for the purpose of enabling the magistrates' courts for that area to begin to exercise their jurisdiction on that date and of enabling that body to exercise all their functions not later than that date.

(3)In particular, a magistrates' courts committee for an outer London area shall before 1st April 1965 consider the desirability of, and if necessary make recommendations under Schedule 2 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1963 for, forming combined juvenile court panels for two or more petty sessional divisions in that area.

7(1)The Lord Chancellor shall after the issue of a commission of the peace for the inner London area and before 1st April 1965 appoint persons to be members of the juvenile court panel for that area and the City and to be chairmen of juvenile courts for that area and the City.

(2)For the purpose of establishing the committee of magistrates for the inner London area—

(a)the persons appointed in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall as soon as practicable after being appointed choose members of the panel in accordance with section 13(3)(b) of this Act to be members of the committee of magistrates ;

(b)the chief metropolitan stipendiary magistrate shall as soon as practicable after the issue of a commission of the peace for that area nominate metropolitan stipendiary magistrates in accordance with section 13(3)(c) of this Act to be members of that committee; and

(c)the lay justices elected to the committee under paragraph 6(1) of this Schedule or paragraph (a) of this sub-paragraph shall as soon as practicable after being elected choose a person in accordance with section 13(5) of this Act to be deputy chairman of the committee.

8(1)This paragraph applies to a petty sessional division of a county adjoining Greater London, being a division which has been created or altered by an order under paragraph 5 of this Schedule and with respect to which the Secretary of State has directed that this paragraph shall apply thereto.

(2)After the making of an order under paragraph 5 of this Schedule with respect to a petty sessional division to which this paragraph applies and before 1st April 1965 the justices for the division and any committee or other body to which they appoint or elect members shall, subject to sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph, make the like arrangements as are required to be made under paragraph 6 of this Schedule in the case of a petty sessional division of an outer London area.

(3)Sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph shall not be construed as requiring the magistrates' courts committee for a county comprising a petty sessional division to which this paragraph applies to be reconstituted for any purpose before 1st April 1965, but until that date the magistrates' courts committee when considering any matter or taking any action affecting any such division shall afford an opportunity to persons chosen by the justices for the division under the arrangements made by virtue of the said sub-paragraph (2) to attend and take part in the proceedings of the committee.

9(1)The chairman and deputy chairman of the justices for a petty sessional division of an outer London area elected under arrangements mentioned in paragraph 6 of this Schedule shall hold office until 31st December 1965.

(2)A member of a magistrates' courts committee for an outer London area appointed under any such arrangements shall hold office until 1st December 1965.

(3)A member of a juvenile court panel for an outer London area appointed under any such arrangements shall hold office until 31st October 1967.

(4)A member of a juvenile court panel for one or more petty sessional divisions of a county adjoining Greater London appointed under arrangements mentioned in paragraph 8 of this Schedule shall hold office until 31st October 1967.

(5)Any requirements imposed by the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall have effect subject to the provisions of any instrument made under any enactment, including this Act.

10(1)The clerk of the peace for the inner London area or a person appointed by him shall act as justices' clerk for each petty sessional division of that area and for the juvenile courts of that area until a chief clerk is appointed for those divisions or those courts by the committee of magistrates under arrangements mentioned in paragraph 6 of this Schedule or until 1st April 1965, whichever first occurs.

(2)An order under paragraph 5(1)(b) of this Schedule and an order under paragraph 5(1)(c) thereof creating a new petty sessional division shall specify the clerk to the justices for an existing petty sessional division who is to act as clerk to the justices for the new petty sessional division until a clerk for the new division is appointed by the magistrates' courts committee under arrangements mentioned in paragraph 6 or 8 of this Schedule or until 1st April 1965, whichever first occurs.

(3)The clerk of the peace for a London commission area shall act as clerk to the committee of magistrates or the magistrates' courts committee, as the case may be, until a clerk is appointed by the committee or until 1st April 1965, whichever first occurs.

11Unless the justices for a petty sessions area which will be abolished or altered by this Act otherwise resolve—

(a)the election of a chairman or deputy chairman of the justices for that area due apart from this paragraph to take place in October 1964 shall not be held, and the persons holding office as chairman or deputy chairman at the time at which the election would apart from this paragraph have been held shall continue to hold office until 1st April 1965 ;

(b)no appointments shall be made after the passing of this Act to a juvenile court panel for that area and the persons who are members of the existing panel shall continue in office until 1st April 1965.

12Any person who—

(a)is a member of a magistrates' courts committee for the county of Essex, Kent, Surrey or Hertfordshire or of any other body which has functions in relation to that county or any part thereof and will continue to exist after 1st April 1965; and

(b)is such a member by virtue of his being a justice of the peace acting for an existing petty sessional division the area of which on that date will be wholly or partly included in Greater London ;

shall on that date cease to be a member of that committee or other body.

Juries

13(1)The jurors book prepared during 1964 for the area of the county of London, Middlesex, Essex, Kent, Surrey or Hertfordshire shall, notwithstanding the abolition of the county or the alteration of its area as from 1st April 1965, continue to be the jurors book for the area constituting the county before that date until it is superseded by the new jurors book on 15th August 1965.

(2)A person whose name is included in a jurors book continued in force by sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph by virtue of his residence in an area within Greater London shall not after 1st April 1965 be liable to serve on a jury for a county outside Greater London, and a person whose name is included as aforesaid by virtue of his residence in an area outside Greater London shall not after that date be liable to serve on a jury for Greater London or a London commission area.

(3)Precepts shall be issued before 1st April 1965—

(a)by the High Court and the Central Criminal Court for the summoning and return of jurors from any area of Greater London to serve after that date as jurors at the High Court or the Central Criminal Court, as the case may be ;

(b)by the court of quarter sessions for a London commission area for the summoning and return of jurors from that area to serve after that date as jurors at the court;

and any precept issued under this sub-paragraph with respect to jurors from any area shall be directed to the sheriff having jurisdiction in that area at the time of the issue of the precept.

(4)On or about 1st April 1965—

(a)there shall be handed over to the sheriff of Greater London so much of the jurors books for any county mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph as relates to any area which as from that date forms part of Greater London;

(b)there shall be handed over to the sheriff of Surrey or the sheriff of Hertfordshire so much of the jurors book for the county of Middlesex as relates to any area which as from that date forms part of the county of Surrey or of the county of Hertfordshire, as the case may be.

Probation

14(1)An order under paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Criminal Justice Act 1948 (whether as originally enacted or extended by section 22 of this Act) combining in any probation area two or more petty sessional divisions of a London commission area may be made at any time after the issuing of a commission of the peace for that area, and if any such order is made paragraph 6(1) and (2) of this Schedule shall not apply in relation to the petty sessional divisions comprised in a probation area established by the order or to probation committees for that area or case committees for those divisions.

(2)Any probation or case committee for a petty sessions area abolished or altered by this Act shall remain in being until 1st April 1965.

Licensing

15(1)Any order made, licence granted or other thing done under the Licensing Act 1964 by the licensing justices for a licensing district which will be abolished or altered by this Act, being an order or licence in force or a thing having effect immediately before that date, shall continue to have the like effect on and after that date as if the district had not been abolished or altered on that date, but shall be treated as if it had been made, granted or done by the licensing justices for the new licensing district comprising the first-mentioned district or, if there is more than one new licensing district, that in which the premises concerned are situated.

(2)Any compensation committee for a county or borough abolished by section 3 of the London Government Act 1963 and any licensing committee for a licensing district the area of which will on 1st April 1965 be wholly or partly included in Greater London shall continue in being until that date and shall continue until that date to act for the area of the county or borough or that district, as the case may be.

(3)Any proceedings before a compensation committee or licensing committee mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph, being proceedings which have not been finally disposed of before 1st April 1965, shall be continued and disposed of as if the London Government Act 1963 and this Act had not been passed, and sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall with necessary modifications apply to things done by any such committee for the purpose of disposing of proceedings in pursuance of this sub-paragraph.

Preliminary expenditure

16(1)Any expenditure incurred before 1st April 1965 in connection with the following matters, that is to say—

(a)the court of quarter sessions for a London commission area and the clerk of the peace and other officers of any such court;

(b)magistrates' courts for an outer London area, the magistrates' courts committee for any such area, justices' clerks and other officers appointed by any such committee, and any other body having functions in relation to that area or any part thereof and composed wholly or mainly of justices of the peace for that area ;

shall be defrayed by the Greater London Council.

(2)Any existing authority shall be entitled to recover from the Greater London Council in respect of work undertaken in connection with any of the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph by a person acting as clerk of the peace or by any other person remunerated by them such sum as may be agreed between that authority and the Greater London Council or, in default of agreement, determined by the Secretary of State.

(3)Any expenditure incurred by the Greater London Council under this paragraph in connection with any of the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) of this paragraph shall be chargeable only on the outer London boroughs.

17Any expenditure incurred before 1st April 1965 in connection with the following matters, that is to say, magistrates' courts for the inner London area, the committee of magistrates, justices' clerks and other officers appointed by that committee, and any other body having functions in relation to that area or any part thereof and composed wholly or mainly of justices of the peace for that area, shall be defrayed by the Receiver out of the metropolitan police fund.

18Any expenditure of the Greater London Council or the Receiver under paragraph 16 or 17 of this Schedule—

(a)shall, so far as it relates to probation committees, be treated for the purposes of section 77(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1948 as having been incurred under Schedule 5 to that Act;

(b)shall, so far as it relates to any functions mentioned in section 27(2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949, be treated for the purposes of that section as having been incurred in connection with those functions.

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.

20Subject 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.

22Any 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.

Miscellaneous

23A deputy lieutenant of the county of London or of Middlesex holding office immediately before 1st April 1965 shall on and after that date be treated for the purposes of section 18 of this Act and the enactments applied by that section as if he had been appointed a deputy lieutenant of Greater London under section 30 of the Militia Act 1882.

24(1)A person who immediately before 1st April 1965 is qualified to be appointed sheriff of a county adjoining the county of London by reason of holding land in that adjoining county shall notwithstanding that that land becomes part of Greater London, continue until the 1st April 1967, to be qualified to be appointed sheriff of that adjoining county.

(2)The persons required to be nominated under section 6 of the Sheriffs Act 1887 to serve as sheriff of Greater London in the year 1965 shall be three persons nominated by the great officers mentioned in that section from the lists of persons nominated to serve as sheriff of the county of London or of the county of Middlesex for the year 1964.

(3)On or about 1st April 1965 the sheriff of the county of London, Middlesex, Essex, Kent, Surrey or Hertfordshire shall perform all the duties required by section 28(1) of the Sheriffs Act 1887 to be performed by a sheriff at the expiration of his term of office so far as they relate to persons or things in or for an area which as from that date forms part of Greater London or of a county of which it does not form part before that date ; and accordingly—

(a)that sheriff shall transfer to the custody of the sheriff of Greater London the prisoners in a prison which as from that date is within Greater London and all documents relating to an area which as from that date forms part of Greater London :

(b)the sheriff of Middlesex shall transfer to the custody of the sheriff of Surrey or the sheriff of Hertfordshire all documents which relate to an area which as from that date forms part of the county of Surrey or of the county of Hertfordshire, as the case may be ;

(c)any reference in that section, so far as it applies by virtue of this sub-paragraph, to an incoming sheriff shall be construed as a reference to any sheriff to whose custody prisoners or documents are transferred by virtue of this sub-paragraph.

25(1)A person who—

(a)immediately before 1st April, 1965 is a justice of the peace (whether by virtue of any office or otherwise) for an area wholly or partly included in one of the London commission areas; and

(b)has taken the oath of allegiance and judicial oath before that date as a justice of the peace for the first-mentioned area ; and

(c)is on that date a justice of the peace for one of the London commission areas ;

shall be treated for the purposes of the Promissory Oaths Act 1868, the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 and this Act as if he had duly taken those oaths on accepting the office of justice of the peace for the last-named London commission area.

(2)Sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall apply to a justice of the peace for a petty sessional division of the county of Middlesex which as from 1st April 1965 forms part of the county of Surrey or the county of Hertfordshire as it applies to an area wholly or partly included in one of the London commission areas and as if for the references (except in paragraph (a) of that sub-paragraph) to a London commission area there were substituted references to the county of Surrey or the county of Hertfordshire, as the case may require.

26Any person serving as metropolitan stipendiary magistrate immediately before 1st April 1965 shall be deemed to have been appointed to that office under section 10 of this Act and, in the case of the chief metropolitan stipendiary magistrate, shall be deemed to have been designated as such under that section.

27Any person serving as clerk to the Central Criminal Court or other officer of that Court immediately before 1st April 1965 shall be deemed to have been appointed to that office under paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to this Act.

28(1)Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, anything done by or in relation to—

(a)a court of quarter sessions for a county or borough abolished by section 3 of the London Government Act 1963 ; or

(b)a magistrates' court or any other body exercising jurisdiction or functions in or for a petty sessions area which, or an area including a petty sessions area which, will be abolished or altered by this Act;

shall, for the purposes of any subsequent proceedings in relation to that thing or any other thing subsequently done in relation thereto, be deemed to have been done by or in relation to the corresponding court or body and, in the case of a thing in process of being done, may accordingly be continued by or in relation to that corresponding court or body.

(2)For the purposes of this paragraph " the corresponding court or body " means—

(a)in relation to a court of quarter sessions for a county or borough abolished as aforesaid, the court of quarter sessions for the London commission area in which that county or borough is wholly or mainly situated ;

(b)in relation to a magistrates' court or other body, such other court or body as is declared by an order under paragraph 5 of this Schedule to correspond to the first-mentioned court or body.

(3)The foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall have effect subject to the provisions of paragraphs 15, 19(1) and 21(1) of this Schedule and to any provision contained in an order made by virtue of section 35 of this Act.

Supplemental

29Any requirement imposed by this Schedule on any body of persons to make appointments, hold elections or do any other thing shall be construed as a requirement to make those appointments, hold those elections and do those things, and no others, which that body would be required or empowered to make, hold or do under Part I of this Act, or the enactments thereby applied, if the said Part I had come into force on the passing of this Act.

30Any person appointed to any office under arrangements mentioned in any provision of this Schedule shall enter upon the office on a date specified in his appointment notwithstanding that the provision of Part I of this Act by virtue of which he is appointed has not come into force.

31Any reference in this Schedule to a petty sessions area, petty sessional division or licensing district which will be abolished or altered by this Act shall be construed as a reference to an existing petty sessions area, petty sessional division or licensing district which will on 1st April 1965 cease to exist in consequence of section 2(1) of this Act or will be altered by, or in consequence of, an order under paragraph 5 of this Schedule.

32If any order under section 41(2) of this Act appoints a day earlier than 1st April 1965 for the commencement of any provision of Part I of this Act, the order may make consequential amendments of references in this Schedule to 1st April 1965.

Section 41.

SCHEDULE 5Repeals

ChapterTitle or Short TitleExtent of Repeal
6 Geo. 4. c. 50.The Juries Act 1825.In section 42, the words from the beginning to " so served; and ", where first occurring.
4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 36.The Central Criminal Court Act 1834.The whole Act.
2 & 3 Vict. c. 71.The Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1839.Sections 1 to 18.
Sections 43. 49. 50 and 56.
3 & 4 Vict. c. 84.The Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1840.The whole Act except sections 6, 11 and 13.
In section 6. the proviso.
6 & 7 Vict. c. xliv.An Act to provide for the more effectual execution of the office of a justice of the peace within the parish of Merthyr Tidvil and certain adjoining parishes.In section 5, the words from " but such person " to " qualification ".
8 & 9 Vict. c. 18.The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845.Section 148 as originally enacted or as incorporated in any other enactment.
11 & 12 Vict. c.42.The Indictable Offences Act 1848.Section 31.
15 & 16 Vict. c. 76.The Common Law Procedure Act 1852.Sections 112 and 113.
21 & 22 Vict. c. 73.The Stipendiary Magistrates Act 1858.Sections 4 and 6.
22 & 23 Vict. c.4.The Middlesex Sessions Act 1859.The whole Act.
32 & 33 Vict. c. 18.The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1869.The whole Act as originally enacted or as incorporated in any other enactment.
33 & 34 Vict. c. 52.The Extradition Act 1870.In section 10, the words from "to the Middlesex" to " Middlesex ".
41 & 42 Vict. c. lv.The Manchester Division and Borough of Salford (Stipendiary Justices) Act 1878.Section 7.
44 & 45 Vict. c. 64.The Central Criminal Court (Prisons) Act 1881.Section 1, from the first" and " onwards.
Section 2(1) to (4).
In section 3, the words from the beginning to " Central Criminal Court district".
45 & 46 Vict. c. 50.The Municipal Corporations Act 1882.In section 163(4), the words " or as a justice ".
51 & 52 Vict. c. 41.The Local Government Act 1888.In section 3(iv), the words from " subject" to the end of the paragraph.
Section 30, except so far as relating to the police.
Section 40.
Section 41(5).
Section 42(1) to (7) and in section 42(12) the word " Middlesex ".
Section 46(6).
Section 64(3) and (4).
Section 66, except so far as relating to police officers and constables.
Section 83(1), (2), (3), (5) and (11).
Section 89.
Section 91.
Section 95(1).
In section 100, the definition of "metropolis ".
Section 115.
58 & 59 Vict. c. cxxvii.The London County Council (General Powers) Act 1895.Section 43.
59 & 60 Vict. c. 55.The Quarter Sessions (London) Act 1896.The whole Act.
60 & 61 Vict. c. 14.The Metropolitan Police Courts (Holidays) Act 1897.The whole Act.
60 & 61 Vict. c. 26.The Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1897.Section 2.
Section 3(2).
Section 5.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 11.The Juries Act 1922.In section 7, in the definition of " clerk of the county council", the words from " and " to " peace ".
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 49.The Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925.Sections 73 and 74.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. xcviii.The London County Council (General Powers') Act 1926.Section 35.
20 & 21 Geo.5. c. clix.The London County Council (General Powers) Act 1930.Part IV.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 45.The Local Government (Clerks) Act 1931.In section 3(3), the words from " and in the enactments " to " this Act".
Section 12.
Section 13(1)(b).
Section 14.
Section 16.
Schedule 3.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. lix.The London County Council (General Powers) Act 1931.Section 47.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 38.The Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act 1933.Section 8.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 51.The Local Government Act 1933.In section 3(5), the words from " but " to the end of the subsection.
In section 18(7), the words from "but" to the end of the subsection.
In section 18(8), the words from "but" to the end of the subsection.
In section 33(5), the words from "but" to the end of the subsection.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 12.The Firearms Act 1937.In Schedule 1, paragraph 9.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. xlv.The City of London (Various Powers) Act 1937.Section 36.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 63.The Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938.In section 1(3), the words from "but" to the end of the subsection.
Section 2(2)(c) and (e).
In section 4(3), the words " the provisions of section ninety of the Middlesex Council Act 1934, and ", " respectively ", " of the said section ninety or ", and " as the case may be " and the proviso.
7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xxi.The Middlesex County Council Act 1944.Section 395(2) and (3).
Section 399(2).
10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. xlvi.The London County Council (General Powers) Act 1947.Section 58.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 26.The Local Government Act 1948.Section 121(9).
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58.The Criminal Justice Act 1948.In section 45(2), the words " (b) a division of the metropolitan police court area ".
In section 80(1), the definition of " metropolitan police court area ".
In Schedule 5, in paragraph 2(3), the words " possessing such qualifications as may be prescribed ", and paragraph 7(1).
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. liii.The London County Council (General Powers) Act 1948.Section 49.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 101.The Justices of the Peace Act 1949.In section 3(1), the words " the London Government Act 1939 ".
Section 10(2) from "except" onwards.
Section 11(9) to (11).
In section 21(7), the words " a clerk to a metropolitan stipendiary court".
Section 24.
In section 25(2), the words from "or by " in paragraph (c) to the end of the subsection.
In section 26(3), the words " or under paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of the last foregoing section ".
In section 27(10)(c), the words " a clerk to a metropolitan stipendiary court".
Section 31(2).
Section 36(5).
In section 39(1), the words from " and any " to " 1888 ".
Section 39(4).
In section 44(1), in the definition of " county justice" the words " in relation to the county of London ".
15 & 16 Geo. 6 and 1 Eliz. 2. c. 55.The Magistrates' Courts Act 1952.In section 119, subsections (1) to (7) and (9).
Section 120(2).
In section 121(1), paragraph (b) and in paragraph (c), the word " Other "; and in section 121(2) the words " or subsection (4) of section one hundred and nineteen ".
In section 126(1), the definition of " County of London ".
15 & 16 Geo. 6 and 1 Eliz. 2. c. viii.The London County Council (General Powers) Act 1952.Sections 23 and 24.
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 34.The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1956.In section 4(2), the words from " but" to the end of the subsection.
In section 13, subsection (3), and in subsection (4), the word " also ".
Section 18.
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 20.The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957.In Part I of Schedule 1, both in its application to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and in its application to the Senate and House of Commons of Northern Ireland, in the entry relating to the judges of the Mayor's and City of London Court, the words " or Additional ".
In Part III of Schedule 1, in its application to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the entry relating to clerks and other officers and servants of a metropolitan magistrates' court.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 45.The Metropolitan Magistrates' Courts Act 1959.Section 1.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72.The Mental Health Act 1959.Section 80(6).
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 43.The Public Authorities (Allowances) Act 1961.In section 7(1)(b), the words from "or of a committee" to " that Act ".
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 15.The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1962.In section 4, the words " other than the county of London " wherever occurring.
Section 6.
In section 9, the words from " and is " to " Sessions ".
Section 11(1).
In Part I of Schedule 4, the amendments of the Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1839, the Local Government Act 1888, the Quarter Sessions (London) Act 1896 and the Middlesex County Council Act 1944.
1963 c. 2.The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963.Section 55(3).
1963 c. 33.The London Government Act 1963.Section 84(6).
In Schedule 2, paragraph 1(2)(a).
In Schedule 4, in paragraph 5, the words from " and in " to " onwards ".
1963 c. 37.The Children and Young Persons Act 1963.Section 20.
In Schedule 2, paragraph 19.
In Schedule 3. paragraph 47.
1964 c. 26.The Licensing Act 1964.Section 57(2).
In section 60(2), the words " wholly or partly ".
In section 60(3), the words " wholly or partly ".
Section 201(3).
1964 c. iv.The City of London (Courts) Act 1964.Section 8(2).

Table of Statutes referred to in this Act

Short TitleChapter
Militia Act 180243 Geo. 3. c. 19.
Vagrancy Act 18245 Geo. 4. c. 83.
Juries Act 18256 Geo. 4. c. 50.
Metropolitan Police Act 182910 Geo. 4. c. 44.
Central Criminal Court Act 18344 & 5 Will. 4. c. 36.
Common Law Procedure Act 185215 & 16 Vict. c. 76.
Metropolitan Police Act 185619 & 20 Vict. c. 2.
Stipendiary Magistrates Act 185821 & 22 Vict. c. 73.
Promissory Oaths Act 186831 & 32 Vict. c. 72.
Extradition Act 187033 & 34 Vict. c. 52.
Promissory Oaths Act 187134 & 35 Vict. c. 48.
Pawnbrokers Act 187235 & 36 Vict. c. 93.
Central Criminal Court (Prisons) Act 188144 & 45 Vict. c. 64.
Fugitive Offenders Act 188144 & 45 Vict. c. 69.
Militia Act 188245 & 46 Vict. c. 49.
Municipal Corporations Act 188245 & 46 Vict. c. 50.
Sheriffs Act 188750 & 51 Vict. c. 55.
Local Government Act 188851 & 52 Vict. c. 41.
Recorders, Stipendiary Magistrates and Clerks of the Peace Act 19066. Edw. VII c. 46.
Pilotage Act 19132 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 31.
Deputy Lieutenants Act 19188 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 19.
Mayor's and City of London Court Act 192010 & 11 Geo. 5. c. cxxxiv.
Juries Act 192212 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 11.
Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 192515 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 49.
Criminal Justice Act 192515 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 86.
Local Government (Clerks) Act 193121 & 22 Geo. 5. c. 45.
Children and Young Persons Act 193323 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 12.
Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act 193323 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 38.
Local Government Act 193323 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 51.
Firearms Act 19371 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 12.
Local Government Superannuation Act 19371 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 68.
Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 19381 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 63.
London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 19392 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xcvii.
Middlesex County Council Act 19447 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xxi.
Criminal Justice Act 194811 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 58.
Justices of the Peace Act 194912, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 101.
Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act 195014 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 11.
Costs in Criminal Cases Act 195215 & 16 Geo.6 & l Eliz. 2. c. 48.
Magistrates' Courts Act 195215 & 16 Geo. 6 &1 Eliz. 2. c. 55.
Local Government (Superannuation) Act 19531 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 25.
Auxiliary Forces Act 19531 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 50.
House of Commons Disqualification Act 19575 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 20.
Solicitors Act 19575 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 27.
Local Government Act 19586 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 55.
County Courts Act 19597 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 22.
Mental Health Act 19597 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72.
Distress for Rates Act 19608 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 12.
Matrimonial Proceedings (Magistrates' Courts) Act 19608 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 48.
Criminal Justice Administration Act 196210 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 15.
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 19631963. c. 2.
London Government Act 19631963. c. 33.
Children and Young Persons Act 19631963. c. 37.
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 19631963 c. 41.
Licensing Act 19641964 c. 26.
City of London (Courts) Act 19641964 c. iv.

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