Courts Act 1971

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Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:

S.I. 2005/910 art. 3(aa) art. 3(y) commences (2003 c. 39)
S.I. 2005/3056 art. 2(2) commences (2003 c. 17)
S.I. 2006/1014 art. 2(a) Sch. 1 para. 11(e) commences (2005 c. 4)
S.I. 2007/1897 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 9)
S.I. 2009/1604 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 4)

Section 56.

SCHEDULE 9E+W Quarter Sessions Jurisdiction: Substitution of References to Crown Court

Part IE+W Appellate Jurisdiction

Act	Section or Schedule
M1Inclosure and Drainage (Rates) Act 1833	Section 3.
M2Ordnance Survey Act 1841	Section 2.
M3Companies Clauses Consolidation Act 1845	Section 159.
M4Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845	Section 146.
F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M5Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847	Sections 185 to 190.
M6Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860	Section 4.
F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M7Railway Rolling Stock Protection Act 1872	Section 6.
. . .	. . . F2
F3. . .	F3. . .
F4. . .	F4. . .
F5. . .	F5. . .
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. . .	. . . F6
M8Canals Protection (London) Act 1898	Section 5.
M9Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907	Section 7.
. . .	. . . F7
M10Marine Insurance (Gambling Policies) Act 1909	Section 1(7).
M11Protection of Animals Act 1911	Section 14(1).
M12Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925	Section 2(2).
. . .	. . . F8
. . .	. . . F9
M13Children and Young Persons Act 1933	Section 55(5).
	Section 102.
. . .	. . . F10
M14Public Health Act 1936	Section 301.
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F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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M15Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949	Section 15(4).
M16Coast Protection Act 1949	Section 13(7).
National Parks and Access to the M17Countryside Act 1949	Section 68(6).
F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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	Schedule VII, 11.
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M18Magistrates’ Courts (Appeals from Binding Over Orders) Act 1956.
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. . .	. . . F19
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. . .	. . . F20
M19Milford Haven Conservancy Act 1958	Section 9(4).
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. . .	. . . F21
F1...	F1...
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M20Obscene Publications Act 1959	Section 3(5).
. . .	. . . F23
F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F27...	F27...
M21Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963	Section 72.
F27...	F27...
M22Compulsory Purchase Act 1965	Section 12(3).
[F28 M23General Rate Act 1967	Sections 7(1), 99(5), 116(1).]
F27...	F27...
M24Firearms Act 1968	Section 44.
	Part II of Schedule V.
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M25Children and Young Persons Act 1969	F29Section F30. . ..

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Amendments (Textual)

F1Sch. 9 Pt. 1 entries repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

F2Entry repealed by Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39), s. 192(4), Sch. 5 and S.I. 1983/1551, art. 5, Sch. 2

F3Sch. 9 Pt I: the entry relating to the Explosives Act 1875 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

F4Sch. 9 Pt. I: the entries relating to the Public Health Act 1875 and the Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X Group 1

F5Sch. 9 Pt. I: the entry relating to the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act 1878 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt XV Group 1

F6Entry repealed by Friendly Societies Act 1974 (c. 46), Sch. 11

F7Entry repealed by Weights and Measures Act 1979 (c. 45, SIF 131), s. 23(2), Sch. 7

F8Entry repealed by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1), s. 47(4), Sch. 7 Pt. IV

F9Entries repealed by Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39), Sch. 5 and Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70), Sch. 8

F10Entry repealed by Poisons Act 1972 (c. 66), Sch. 2

F11Entry repealed by Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11), Sch. 8

F12Entry repealed by Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c. 5, SIF 2:3), ss. 99(3), 101(1), Sch. 13, Sch. 15 Pt. I

F13Entry repealed by Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22, SIF 4:4), s. 96(2), Sch. 6

F14Entry repealed by Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2, SIF 40:1), s. 177(3), Sch. 6

F15Entry repealed by Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1973 (c. 14), Sch. 2

F16Entry repealed by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), s. 154(3), Sch. 9

F17Entry repealed by Cinematograph (Amendment) Act 1982 (c. 33, SIF 45A), s. 10(2), Sch. 2

F18Entry repealed by Food Act 1984 (c. 30, SIF 53:1), s. 134, Sch. 11

F19Entry repealed by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 303(2), Sch. 8

F20Entry repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), ss. 3(1), 5(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 4

F21Entry repealed by Foster Children Act 1980 (c. 6, SIF 20), s. 23(3), Sch. 3

F22Entry repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66, SIF 59), s. 343(3), Sch. 25

F23Entry repealed by Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20, SIF 85), s. 148(3), Sch. 6

F24Entry repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 25

F25Sch. 9 Pt. 1 entries repealed (1.9.2007) by Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19), ss. 356, 358, Sch. 17 (with ss. 352, 354); S.I. 2006/3272, art. 2(4)

F26Words repealed by Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976 (c. 32), Sch. 5

F27Sch. 9 Pt. 1 entries repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), ss. 199, 201(2), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, arts. 1(2), 2(2) (with art. 4)

F28Entry repealed (E.W.) (for financial year beginning in or after 1990) by Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41, SIF 81:1), ss. 142, 149, Sch. 13 Pt. I (subject to any saving under s. 117(8) of the said Local Government Finance Act 1988)

F29 “Section 16(8)” in Sch. 19 Pt. I substituted (14. 10. 1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(5)(6), Sch. 13 para. 28 (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2).

F30Word in Sch. 9 Pt. I in entry relating to “Children and Young Persons Act 1969”repealed (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165, 168(1), Sch. 12 Pt. I (with Sch. 11 paras. 1, 2)

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