Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54)
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259(1)Amend section 8 (the Crown Court) as follows.
(2)For subsection (2), substitute—
“(2)A justice of the peace is not disqualified from acting as a judge of the Crown Court merely because the proceedings are not at a place within the local justice area to which he is assigned or because the proceedings are not related to that area in any other way.”
(3)In subsection (3), for “or any Circuit judge or Recorder” substitute “, Circuit judge, Recorder or District Judge (Magistrates' Courts)”.