18(1)Section 199 (proof of outcome of civil trial) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsections (1), (2) and (3) (certificate signed by clerk is proof of outcome), for “clerk” substitute “proper officer”.
(3)For subsection (4) substitute—
“(4)In this section “proper officer” means—
(a)in relation to a court of summary jurisdiction in England and Wales, the justices' chief executive for the court; and
(b)in relation to any other court, the clerk of the court, his deputy or any other person having the custody of the records of the court.”