Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 Magistrates' courts: minor and consequential amendments

Part I Amendments of [1979 c. 55.] Justices of the Peace Act 1979

19 (1) Section 59 (grants by Lord Chancellor to responsible authorities) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) in paragraph (b) after the word “7” there shall be inserted the words “or 24”, and

(b) for the word “and” immediately following that paragraph there shall be substituted—

“(bb) of their functions under any regulations having effect by virtue of paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 1 to this Act; and”.

(3) For subsection (8) there shall be substituted—

“(8) In this section—

• “court staff” means justices' chief executives, justices' clerks and staff of magistrates' courts committees, and

• “responsible authority” has the same meaning as in section 55 of this Act.”