Access to Justice Act 1999

49 (1) Section 10 (allowances for justices) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (7) (meaning of “the appropriate authority”), for the words from “means” to the end substitute “means, in relation to a justice—

(a) the council of the local government area which consists of or includes the petty sessions area for which he acts; or

(b) where he acts for a petty sessions area which is partly included in two or more local government areas, the councils of those local government areas.”

(3) For subsection (8) (meaning of “local government area”) substitute—

“(8) In subsection (7) above “local government area” means—

(a) in relation to England, the City of London, a London borough, a metropolitan district, a non-metropolitan county for which there is a council or a unitary district; and

(b) in relation to Wales, a county or a county borough;

and for the purposes of that subsection the Common Council shall be regarded as the council of the City of London.”

(4) In subsection (9) (joint payment of allowances), for “subsection (7)(d)(ii)” substitute “subsection (7)(b)”.