Justices of the Peace Act 1979

Justices of the peace in office

4 (1) Any person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was a justice of the peace and either—

(a) held that office by virtue of an appointment made in accordance with section 1(2) of the Act of 1973, or

(b) under section 20(3)(b) of that Act (which related to justices of the peace in office on the 1st April 1974 by virtue of a commission of the peace issued before that date) held that office as if appointed in accordance with section 1(2) of that Act,

shall continue to hold that office as if appointed in accordance with section 6 of this Act; and the provisions of this Act relating to justices appointed in accordance with section 6 shall have effect in relation to him accordingly.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(b) above the reference to section 20(3)(b) of the Act of 1973 shall be construed as including a reference to the provisions (where applicable) of section 217(2)(b) of the Act of 1972 (which provided that, where one out of two or more commissions of the peace was chosen to be treated as the sole commission of the peace for a county, the names of the justices appointed by the other commission or other commissions were to be deemed to be included among the names of the justices specified in the commission so chosen).

5 (1) The supplemental list for England and Wales kept under the Act of 1973, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall have effect as the supplemental list required to be kept under section 8 of this Act; and any name which immediately before the commencement of this Act was treated as included in the list by virtue of section 20(4) of the Act of 1973 (which related to justices whose names were entered in a supplemental list immediately before the 1st April 1974) shall continue to be treated as so included until removed from the list in accordance with section 9 of this Act.

(2) Any person whose name immediately before the commencement of this Act was omitted from the supplemental list by virtue of the proviso to paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1973 (which made provision corresponding to section 8(3) of this Act) shall have his name entered in the supplemental list on the expiry or sooner determination of the term of office by reason of which his name was omitted from the list.

6 The repeal by this Act of paragraph 9(1) of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1973 (which made provision corresponding to section 71(3) of this Act) shall not affect the operation of the said paragraph 9(1) in relation to the period beginning on the 1st April 1974 and ending with the commencement of this Act.