The Magistrates' Courts Committees (Gwent, Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan) Amalgamation Order 1995

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

“the 1979 Act” means the Justices of the Peace Act 1979(1);

“the Constitution Regulations” means the Magistrates' Courts Committees (Constitution) Regulations 1994(2);

“the first appointed day” means 1st November 1995 or such earlier day as the transferor committees shall appoint for the establishment of the selection panels;

“the second appointed day” means 1st January 1996 or such earlier day as the transferor committees shall appoint for the establishment of the transferee committees;

“the amalgamation date” means 1st April 1996;

“the transferor committees” means the magistrates' courts committees abolished by article 2;

“transferee committee” means one of the magistrates' courts committees constituted by article 3;

“the respective transferee committee”

(a)

in relation to a selection panel, means the transferee committee for the committee area to which the selection panel relates;

(b)

in relation to the transferor committee for Mid Glamorgan or South Glamorgan, means the South Wales magistrates' courts committee;

(c)

in relation to the transferor committee for Gwent, means the Gwent magistrates' courts committee;

“bench” means the justices assigned to a petty sessions area;

“the respective clerk designate”, in relation to a bench, means the person appointed under paragraph 3(1) as clerk designate in respect of the committee area including the petty sessions area to which the justices of that bench are assigned;

all other words and phrases have the same meanings as in the Constitution Regulations.

(1)

1979 c. 55, as amended by the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29) sections 70, 72 and 75.

(2)

S.I. 1994/2811.