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Justices of the Peace Act 1997
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- 1997 c. 25
- SCHEDULE 4
- Part II
- Immunity and indemnification of justices and justices’ clerks
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Immunity and indemnification of justices and justices’ clerksE+W
21Subject to paragraphs 22 and 23 below, the provisions of Part V of this Act shall have effect in relation to anything done, or omitted, before the commencement of this Act as they would have effect in relation to any corresponding thing done, or omitted, after the commencement of this Act.E+W
22The repeal by this Act of the 1979 Act is subject to paragraph 16(1) of Schedule 19 to the M1Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (1979 Act to continue to apply in relation to matters arising before 1st January 1991 as if section 108 of that Act of 1990 (liability of magistrates for damages and costs) had not been enacted).E+W
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23In section 54(2) of this Act—E+W
(a)paragraph (a) shall have effect only in relation to things done or omitted on or after 1st October 1996; and
(b)in relation to things done or omitted before that date, paragraph (b) shall have effect with the omission of the word “other”.
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