The Magistrates' Courts Committees (Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Wigan) Amalgamation Order 1996

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 June 1996 or such earlier day as the transferor committees shall appoint for the establishment of the selection panel;

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

“the amalgamation date” means 1st April 1997;

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

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

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

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.