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Administration of Justice Act 1973

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SCHEDULES

Sections 5 and 20.

SCHEDULE 1Justices of the Peace (Consequential Re-Enactments and Amendments)

PART IRetirement and Superannuation of Stipendiary Magistrates

1(1)A stipendiary magistrate appointed on or after the 25th October 1968 shall vacate his office at the end of the completed year of service in the course of which he attains the age of 70:

Provided that where the Lord Chancellor considers it desirable in the public interest to retain him in office after that time, the Lord Chancellor may from time to time authorise him to continue in office up to such age not exceeding 72 as the Lord Chancellor thinks fit.

(2)A stipendiary magistrate appointed before the 25th October 1968 shall vacate his office at the end of the completed year of service in the course of which he attains the age of 72:

Provided that where the Lord Chancellor considers it desirable in the public interest to retain him in office after that time, the Lord Chancellor may from time to time authorise him to continue in office up to such age not exceeding 75 as the Lord Chancellor thinks fit.

2(1)Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, where a stipendiary magistrate retires (under paragraph 1 above or otherwise) after not less than five years service as stipendiary magistrate, the Minister for the Civil Service on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor may grant to him a superannuation allowance at an annual rate not exceeding 15/80ths of his annual salary, together with an addition for each complete year of his service as stipendiary magistrate after the first 5 years equal to l/80th of the salary or, in the case of a year of service after the first 10 years, to 2/80ths of the salary ; but the allowance shall in no case exceed one half of the salary.

(2)An allowance under this paragraph shall be calculated on the salary the magistrate is receiving immediately before his retirement.

(3)An allowance shall not be granted under this paragraph to a magistrate who has not attained the age of 65 at the time of his retirement, unless the Lord Chancellor is satisfied by means of a medical certificate that by reason of infirmity of mind or body he is incapable of discharging the duties of his office, and that the incapacity is likely to be permanent.

(4)A person to whom an allowance is granted under this paragraph on his retirement on a medical certificate shall, until he attains the age of 65, be liable to be called upon to fill any public office or situation under the Crown in the United Kingdom for which his previous public services may render him eligible ; and if he declines, when called upon to do so, to take upon him such office or situation, or declines or neglects to execute die duties thereof satisfactorily, being in a competent state of health, he shall forfeit his right to the allowance which has been granted to him.

(5)The decision of the Minister for the Civil Service on any question which arises as to the application of any provision of this paragraph to any person, or as to the rate of any superannuation allowance under this paragraph, or as to the reckoning of any service for such an allowance, shall be final.

(6)Any sums payable on account of allowances under this paragraph shall be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund, and shall be paid at such times in every year as the Minister for the Civil Service may determine.

3In this Part of this Schedule " stipendiary magistrate " means a metropolitan or other stipendiary magistrate in England or Wales, and references to service as a stipendiary magistrate are to be construed accordingly.

PART IISupplemental List for England and Wales

4(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (6) below there shall be entered in the supplemental list the name of any justice of the peace who is of the age of 70 years or over and neither holds nor has held high judicial office within the meaning of the [1876 c. 59.] Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 and the name of any justice of the peace who holds or has held such office and is of the age of 75 years or over:

Provided that a person who on the date when his name falls to be entered in the supplemental list in accordance with this sub-paragraph holds office as chairman of the justices in a petty sessions area (whether by election under section 13 of the [1949 c. 101.] Justices of the Peace Act 1949 or, in the City of London, as Chief Magistrate or acting Chief Magistrate) shall have his name so entered on the expiration or sooner determination of the term for which he holds office on that date.

(2)The Lord Chancellor may direct that the name of a justice of the peace for any area shall be entered in the supplemental list if the Lord Chancellor is satisfied either—

(a)that by reason of the justice's age or infirmity or other like cause it is expedient he should cease to exercise judicial functions as a justice for the area ; or

(b)that the justice declines or neglects to take a proper part in the exercise of those functions.

(3)On a person's appointment as a justice of the peace for any area the Lord Chancellor may direct that his name shall be entered in die supplemental list, if that person is appointed a justice for that area on ceasing to be a justice for some other area.

(4)The name of a justice of the peace shall be entered in the supplemental list, if he applies for it to be so entered and the application is approved by the Lord Chancellor.

(5)In relation to the entry in the supplemental list of the name of a person who is a justice of the peace only for any of the counties of Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire, sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) above shall have effect with the substitution for references to the Lord Chancellor of references to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

(6)Nothing in this paragraph shall apply to a person holding office as stipendiary magistrate.

5(1)A person's name shall be removed from the supplemental list if he ceases to be a justice of the peace.

(2)The name of any person, if not required to be entered in the supplemental list by paragraph 4(1) above, shall be removed from the list, if so directed by the Lord Chancellor or, where the person in question is a justice only for any of the counties of Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire, by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

6(1)Subject to the following sub-paragraphs, a justice of the peace for any area, while his name is entered in the supplemental list, shall not by reason of being a justice for that area be qualified as a justice to do any act or to be a member of any committee or other body.

(2)Sub-paragraph (1) above shall not preclude a justice from doing all or any of the following acts as a justice, that is to say—

(a)signing any document for the purpose of authenticating another person's signature ;

(b)taking and authenticating by his signature any written declaration not made on oath ; and

(c)giving a certificate of facts within his knowledge or of his opinion as to any matter.

(3)The entry of a person's name in the supplemental list shall also not preclude him, if so authorised by the Lord Chancellor, from acting as a judge of the Crown Court so long as he has not attained the age of 72 years.

(4)No act or appointment shall be invalidated by reason of the disqualification under this paragraph of the person acting or appointed.

7Any such act as is mentioned in paragraph 6(2)(a) to (c) above, where it may be done by a justice of the peace, may, subject to any express provision made to the contrary by any enactment or instrument relating to that act, be done also by any person who is chairman of the Greater London Council, mayor of a London borough or chairman of a county or district council in England or Wales.

PART IIITravelling, Subsistence and Financial Loss Allowances

8(1)Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, a justice of the peace shall be entitled to receive payments at the prescribed rates by way of travelling allowance or subsistence allowance where expenditure on travelling or, as the case may be, on subsistence is necessarily incurred by him for the purpose of enabling him to perform any of his duties as a justice, and to receive payments at the prescribed rate by way of financial loss allowance where for that performance there is incurred by him any other expenditure to which he would not otherwise be subject or there is suffered by him any loss of earnings or of benefit under the National Insurance Acts 1965 to 1967 which he would otherwise have made or received.

(2)For purposes of this paragraph, a justice following a course of instruction under a scheme made in accordance with arrangements approved by the Lord Chancellor, or a course of instruction provided by the Lord Chancellor, shall be deemed to be acting in the performance of his duties as a justice.

(3)A justice shall not be entitled to any payment under this paragraph in respect of any duties, if in respect of those duties a payment of the like nature may be paid to him under arrangements made apart from this paragraph or if regulations provide that this paragraph shall not apply; and a stipendiary magistrate shall not be entitled to any payment under this paragraph in respect of his duties as such.

(4)An allowance payable under this paragraph in respect of duties as a justice in the Crown Court shall be paid by the Lord Chancellor ; and an allowance otherwise payable under this paragraph to a justice for any commission area in respect of his duties as such shall be paid by the appropriate authority in relation to that area, that is to say—

(a)in relation to the City of London, the Common Council;

(b)in relation to the Inner London area, the Receiver for the metropolitan police district;

(c)in relation to any of the outer London areas, the Greater London Council;

(d)in relation to a non-metropolitan county, the county council;

(e)in relation to a metropolitan county, the council of the metropolitan district which is or includes the petty sessions area for which the justice acts.

(5)Regulations may make provision as to the manner in which this paragraph is to be administered, and in particular—

(a)for prescribing the rates of allowances, and the forms to be used and the particulars to be provided for the purpose of claiming payment thereof;

(b)for avoiding duplication between payments under this paragraph and under other arrangements where expenditure is incurred for more than one purpose, and otherwise for preventing abuses.

(6)Regulations for the purposes of this paragraph shall be made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

PART IVAmendments

9(1)Subject to any express amendment or repeal made by this Act, any enactment passed or instrument made before the passing of this Act shall have effect from the beginning of April 1974 as if—

(a)any reference to a person appointed justice by a commission of the peace or to a person being removed from a commission of the peace were a reference to his being appointed or removed from office as a justice of the peace in accordance with section 1 of this Act; and

(b)any reference to a supplemental list kept by virtue of section 4 of the [1949 c. 101.] Justices of the Peace Act 1949 in connection with the commission of the peace for any area were a reference to the supplemental list for England and Wales kept under section 1 of this Act.

(2)For section 33(2) of the [1957 c. 27.] Solicitors Act 1957 (which restricts the right to practise of a solicitor who is a justice of the peace for any area and whose name is not on the supplemental list) there shall be substituted—

(2)Where a solicitor is a justice of the peace for any area, that shall not subject him or any partner of his to any disqualification under this section if his name is entered in the supplemental list kept under section 1 of the Administration of Justice Act 1973 ; and where a solicitor is, as being Lord Mayor or alderman, a justice of the peace for the City of London, that shall not subject him or any partner of his to any disqualification under this section, if he is in accordance with section 1(6) of that Act excluded from the exercise of his functions as a justice for the City.

10(1)In section 1 of the [1829 c. 44.] Metropolitan Police Act 1829 for the words from " and by warrant" to " those several counties" there shall be substituted the words " and from time to time by warrant under his sign manual to appoint during His Majesty's pleasure a Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis to execute the duties of chief officer of the police force hereby established " ; and any person holding office as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis at the coming into force of this paragraph shall be deemed to have been appointed under that section as so amended.

(2)Subject to any express amendment or repeal made by this Act, any reference in the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 or in any other enactment passed before the [1856 c. 2.] Metropolitan Police Act 1856 to the justices appointed under the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 or to the Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis shall continue to have effect as a reference to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

11(1)In Schedule 1 to the [1950 c. 11 (14 & 15 Geo. 6.).] Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act 1950 for the entries relating to metropolitan police magistrates and stipendiary magistrates pensionable under section 33 of the [1949 c. 101.] Justices of the Peace Act 1949 there shall, in relation to persons serving as stipendiary magistrates after the coming into force of section 2 of this Act, be substituted—

Stipendiary magistrate in England or Wales.Service as stipendiary magistrate in England or Wales.

(2)In the [1971 c. 56.] Pensions (Increase) Act 1971, in Schedule 2, there shall be added at the end of paragraph 13 the words " or under Part I of Schedule 1 to the Administration of Justice Act 1973 ".

12In the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 in section 27 (as amended by section 61 of the [1972 c. 71.] Criminal Justice Act 1972) the reference in subsection (2)(b) to section 8 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 shall have effect, in relation to payments made after the beginning of April 1974, as a reference to Part III of this Schedule.

Section 6.

SCHEDULE 2Jurisdiction of County Courts in relation to Land

PART IAmendments as to Limit on Jurisdiction

ActAmendmentsLimit on Jurisdiction
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 56).In section 63(2) for the words "does not exceed £500" in paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the words " is not over the county court limit ", and for the words "exceeds £500" in paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the words " is over the county court limit ".£5,000.
The County Courts Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 22).In sections 48(1), 51(a) and (b) and 191(3), and in the entries in Schedule 1 relating to sections 146 and 147 of the Law of Property Act 1925, for the words " does not exceed £100" there shall in each case be substituted the words " is not above the county court limit ".£1,000.

PART IIRelated Amendments

In the [1959 c. 22.] County Courts Act 1959—

(a)in section 49(1) (transfer to High Court of actions for recovery of land) for the words " exceeding £100 " there shall be substituted the words " above the county court limit under section 51 of this Act ";

(b)in section 109(2) (proceedings in which there is an appeal on questions of fact)—

(i)in paragraph (a)(iii) for the words " exceeds £60 " there shall be substituted the words " is over £500 or such larger sum not exceeding one half of the county court limit under section 51 of this Act as may for the time being be substituted by any Order in Council fixing that limit "; and

(ii)in paragraph (b) for the words " exceeding £60 " there shall be substituted the words " which is over £500 or such larger sum not exceeding one half of the county court limit under section 48 of this Act as may for the time being be substituted by any Order in Council fixing that limit ";

(c)in section 200 (construction of references to net annual value for rating), in subsection (2), for the words from " shall" onwards, there shall be substituted—

(a)shall, for the purpose of entitling a county court to exercise jurisdiction (but not for any other purpose), be taken to have a net annual value for rating not exceeding that of any such hereditament of which at the time in question it forms part; and

(b)subject to paragraph (a) above, shall be taken to have a net annual value for rating equal to its value by the year.

Section 10.

SCHEDULE 3Increase of Certain Widow's and Children's Pensions in Northern Ireland

1The enactments in relation to which section 10 of this Act has effect by virtue of section 10(8) are—

(a)Part XIII of the [1959 c. 25 (N.I.).] County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (relating to county court judges and clerks of the Crown and peace), in relation to which the references in section 10 of this Act to section 7(4), section 8 and section 11 (or sections 10 and 11) of the Act of 1950 shall be replaced, respectively, by references to section 126(4) of the County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959, section 127 of that Act and section 13 of the [1951 c. 20 (N.I.).] Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 ;

(b)the [1960 c. 2 (N.I.).] Resident Magistrates' Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960, in relation to which—

(i)subsection (4)(c) of section 10 of this Act and the reference in subsection (6) to sections 10 and 11 of the Act of 1950 shall not apply ; and

(ii)the references in section 10 to section 7(4) and section 8 of the Act of 1950 shall be replaced, respectively, by references to section 8(4) and section 9 of the Resident Magistrates' Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 ;

(c)Part II of the [1951 c. 20 (N.I.).] Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (relating, by virtue of later enactments, to the National Insurance Commissioners, the President of the Industrial Court and the President of the Industrial Tribunals), in relation to which—

(i)subsection (4)(c) of section 10 of this Act and the reference in subsection (6) to sections 10 and 11 of the Act of 1950 shall not apply ; and

(ii)the references in section 10 to section 7(4) and section 8 of the Act of 1950 shall be replaced, respectively, by references to section 10(4) and section 11 of the Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951.

2In relation to the provisions to which section 10 of this Act applies by virtue of paragraph 1(a) or of paragraph 1(b) above references in section 10 to relevant service shall have effect as references to service within the meaning of those provisions.

3In relation to any of the provisions to which section 10 of this Act applies by virtue of paragraph 1 above, the expression "enactment " in section 10(6) shall mean enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland or amendable by Act of that Parliament; and section 10(7) shall not apply, but regulations for purposes of section 10 may be made with the consent of the Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland by the Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland or, in relation to the Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951, the Ministry of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, and shall be subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the [1954 c. 33 (N.I.).] Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 as if they were a statutory instrument within the meaning of that Act.

Sections 11 and 19.

SCHEDULE 4Pensions of Higher Judiciary

1(1)Any Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, any Judge of the Supreme Court in England and Wales other than the Lord Chancellor, and any Judge of the Supreme Court in Northern Ireland, on retirement from that office shall be entitled during his life to a pension at the annual rate provided by this Schedule, if he retires after fifteen years relevant service or after he has attained the age of seventy years, or if at the time of his retirement he is disabled by permanent infirmity from the performance of the duties of his office.

(2)A pension payable under this Schedule shall be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom.

2(1)Subject to paragraph 4 below, the annual rate of the pension payable under this Schedule to a person retiring from any office after fifteen or more years relevant service shall be one half of his last annual salary.

(2)Subject as aforesaid, the annual rate of the pension payable under this Schedule to a person retiring from any office after less than fifteen years relevant service shall be as follows, that is to say—

(a)if the period of relevant service does not amount to six years or more, one quarter of his last annual salary;

(b)if the period amounts to six years or more, one quarter of that salary plus one fortieth of that salary for each completed year of service exceeding five.

(3)This paragraph shall be without prejudice to the operation of the [1971 c. 56.] Pensions (Increase) Act 1971.

(4)In relation to any person in whose case an election is in force under section 11(1) of the [1950 c. 11 (14 & 15 Geo. 6.).] Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act 1950 (which enabled persons serving at the commencement of that Act to opt out of the provisions of that Act for the grant of lump sums and widow's and children's pensions) this paragraph shall have effect as if for any reference to his last annual salary there were substituted a reference to the amount of that salary increased by one third.

3The relevant service for purposes of this Schedule is—

(a)in relation to the pension of a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, any service as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, as Judge of the Supreme Court in England and Wales, as Judge of the Court of Session or as Judge of the Supreme Court in Northern Ireland ; and

(b)in relation to the pension of a Judge of the Supreme Court in England and Wales, any service as a judge of that Court or as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary ; and

(c)in relation to the pension of a Judge of the Supreme Court in Northern Ireland, any service as a judge of that Court or as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.

4(1)Neither this Schedule nor any repeal made by Part V of Schedule 5 to this Act shall affect the rate or amount of any pension or benefit payable to or in respect of a person who retired or died before the 17th December 1959 (being the date of commencement of the [1959 c. 9 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2).] Judicial Pensions Act 1959) or who at that time held any of the offices mentioned in paragraph 3 above and did not elect that sections 1 and 2 of that Act should apply to him.

(2)This Schedule shall have effect subject to the provisions of sections 4 and 6 of the Judicial Pensions Act 1959 (which allow for a special rate of pension in certain cases and make provision against double pensions); but in that Act " the relevant pension enactments " in relation to pensions payable in respect of the offices mentioned in paragraph 1 above shall mean this Schedule, and in section 4(2) of that Act for the words " by virtue of subsection (2) of section 2 of this Act" there shall be substituted the words " by retirement after attaining the age of seventy years ".

(3)Subject to sub-paragraph (1) above, the [1971 c. 56.] Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 shall have effect as if in Schedule 2 there were substituted for paragraph 5—

5A pension payable under Schedule 4 to the Administration of Justice Act 1973 or under the [1808 c. 145.] Judges' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1808.

Sections 19, 20 and 21.

SCHEDULE 5Repeals

PART IObsolete etc. Enactments

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
45 & 46 Vict. c. 50.The Municipal Corporations Act 1882.In section 7, in subsection (1), the definitions of " corporate seal ", " parliamentary election", "county" and "borough civil court ", and subsection (3).
Section 31.
Section 231.
Section 237.
Section 241.
Section 242(2).
In section 255, the words from " the authority " to " Kingdom or ".
In Schedule 9, the entry in Part II relating to the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1851.
7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 49.The Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925.In section 11(1), in the proviso inserted by the Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act 1944, the words from " except " to " twenty-five ".
7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 9.The Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act 1944.Section 1(2), (3), (4) and (6), and in section 1(5) the words from the beginning down to " this section ".
In the Schedule, in the last entry in column 2, the words from " except " to " twenty-five ".
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 101.The Justices of the Peace Act 1949.Section 6.
In section 15, in subsection (5), the words " after the establishment of the rule committee ".
Section 37(1) from "and" onwards.
In section 44(1), the definition of " justices clerk" from " and " onwards.
Schedule 2 (but without prejudice to any continuing effect of provisions relating to a person's office or employment or to superannuation in respect of an office or employment).
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 39.The Common Informers Act 1951.In the Schedule, the entry for the Justices' Clerks Act 1877.
1964 c. 42.The Administration of Justice Act 1964.Section 25.
1968 c. 69.The Justices of the Peace Act 1968.In section 1, subsection (3) from " and in " onwards, and subsection (7) from " but " onwards.
In section 7, in subsection (2) the words from " and in particular " to " is to act " and subsection (3) (but without prejudice to any Order in Council made before the coming into force of this repeal).
In section 8, subsection (2) and in subsection (3) the words from the first " except" onwards.
In Schedule 3, paragraph 2(1) from " and section 1(4)" onwards, paragraph 9 and paragraph 10(1).
Schedule 5.

PART IIJustices of the Peace

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
10 Geo. 4. c 44.The Metropolitian Police Act 1829.Section 1 from " and His Majesty may remove" onwards.
Section 2.
2 & 3 Vict. c. 47.The Metropolitan Police Act 1839.Section 4.
19 & 20 Vict. c. 2.The Metropolitan Police Act 1856.The preamble.
Section 1.
Section 2 from " and every " onwards.
Section 5.
40 & 41 Vict. c. 41.The Crown Office Act 1877.In section 3, proviso (2) from " in particular " onwards.
In section 5, paragraph (1).
45 & 46 Vict. c. 50.The Municipal Corporations Act 1882.Sections 105, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159(3) to (5), 187, 234. 250(4) and (5) and 258.
In Schedule 5, paragraph 3 of Part II from " including" onwards.
6 Edw. 7. c. 16.The Justices of the Peace Act 1906.The whole Act so far as unrepealed.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 74.The Police Magistrates Superannuation Act 1915.The whole Act.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 37.The Police Magistrates Superannuation (Amendment) Act 1929.The whole Act.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 101.The Justices of the Peace Act 1949.In section 1, in subsections (1), (2) and (3) the words " by the commission of the peace ".
Section 4.
Section 8.
Section 10.
Sections 29, 32, 33 and 34.
Section 43(2) and (3)(b).
In section 44(1), in the definition of " magistrate" the words from " kept" to the following " commission ", the definition of "metropolitan stipendiary magistrate" and the two following definitions, and the definition of " stipendiary magistrate ".
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 11.The Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act 1950.Section 1, so far as relates to pensions for service as stipendiary magistrate in England or Wales.
Section 14.
Schedule 2, except the entry for the County Courts Act 1924.
In Schedule 3 paragraphs 5 and 6.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 39.The Common Informers Act 1951.In the Schedule, the entry for the Municipal Corporations Act 1882, except as respects offences committed before the coming into force of this repeal.
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 12.The Judicial Offices (Salaries, etc.) Act 1952.Section 1(4).
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 34.The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1956.The whole Act, so far as unrepealed.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 3.The Administration of Justice (Judges and Pensions) Act 1960.Section 2.
1964 c. 42.The Administration of Justice Act 1964.In section 2, in subsection (1), the words from " there shall" to " each of" and the words following paragraph (e); in subsection (2) the words from the beginning to " section" and the words " of that subsection "; and subsection (4).
In section 3, the words " in subsection (1) of" and the words " under the said subsection (1)".
Section 10(1), from " but" onwards.
In section 31(1), the words " section 8 of", the words from " (travelling " to " peace) and ", the words " of that Act" and in paragraph (b) the words " of each of those sections ".
In Schedule 3, paragraph 6, paragraph 7 and paragraph 1 20(1) and (8).
1967 c. 28.The Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967.Section 3(4)(a)(iv).
1968 c. 69.The Justices of the Peace Act 1968.In section 1, subsection (1): in subsection (2) the words from " notwithstanding " to " itself, and ", and in paragraph (a) the words from " by virtue" to "respectively"; and subsections (4), (5), (6) and (8).
Section 2.
Section 4(1) to (4), but without prejudice to subsection (5).
Schedule 1.
In Schedule 2, in paragraph 1 the words " by the commission of the peace" and the words " by the commission "; paragraph 3 from the beginning to "and accordingly"; and paragraph 4 from " but'' onwards.
In Schedule 3, Part II.
Schedule 4.
1972 c. 70.The Local Government Act 1972.In section 217, subsection (1) from the beginning to "county and", subsections (4) and (6), and in subsection (7) the words from " and to transfer " to " Crown Court ".
In Schedule 27, paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 11.

PART IIICounty Court Jurisdiction

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 22.The County Courts Act 1959.In section 192(2) (as substituted by the Administration of Justice Act 1969) paragraph (a) from " except " onwards.
1963 c. 5.The County Courts (Jurisdiction) Act 1963.The whole Act.
1969 c. 58.The Administration of Justice Act 1969.In section 10(2), in section 192(2) of the County Courts Act 1959 as there set out, paragraph (a) from " except" onwards.

PART IVJudicial Salaries

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 46.The Judicial Offices (Salaries and Pensions) Act 1957.The whole Act.
1965 c. 61.The Judges' Remuneration Act 1965.The whole Act.
1967 c. 28.The Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967.Section 3(4)(a)(i).
1970 c. 31.The Administration of Justice Act 1970.In Schedule 2, paragraph 25.

PART VJudicial Pensions

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
39 & 40 Vict. c. 59.The Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876.Section 7.
40 & 41 Vict. c. 57.The Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Ireland) 1877.Sections 19 and 20.
15 & 16 Geo.5. c. 49.The Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925.Sections 14 and 15.
15 & 16 Geo. 6 and 1 Eliz. 2. c. 12.The Judicial Offices (Salaries, etc.) Act 1952.Section 5(1)(a) and (c).
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 9.The Judicial Pensions Act 1959.Section 1, except as regards pensions payable under the Judges' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1808.
Section 2(2) except as aforesaid.
In Schedule 1 the entries in column 2, except that for the Judges' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1808.
Schedule 2, except the entry for the Judges' Pensions (Scotland) Act 1808.

PART VIDeputy District and County Court Registrars

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 49.The Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925.In section 84, subsection (4), in subsection (5) the words " and provisional district registrar ", subsection (6) and in subsection (7) the words " and provisional district registrar" and the words " or the provisional district registrar ".
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 46.The Administration of Justice Act 1956.In section 11, subsection (1) from " but" onwards and subsections (2) to (7).
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 22.The County Courts Act 1959.Section 27.
In section 29, the subsection (1A) inserted by the Administration of Justice Act 1970.
1970 c. 31.The Administration of Justice Act 1970.Section 46.

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