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27For section 66 substitute—
(1)A magistrates' court when hearing family proceedings shall be composed of—
(a)two or three lay justices; or
(b)a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) as chairman and one or two lay justices;
or, if it is not practicable for such a court to be so composed, a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) sitting alone.
(2)Except where such a court is composed of a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) sitting alone, it shall, so far as practicable, include both a man and a woman.
(3)In this section and section 67 below “lay justices” means justices of the peace who are not District Judges (Magistrates' Courts).”