1996 No. 1924
The Maximum Number of Stipendiary Magistrates Order 1996
Made
Coming into force
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of July 1996
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas a draft of this Order has, in accordance with section 13(5) of the Justices of the Peace Act 19791, been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in the exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 13(4) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Maximum Number of Stipendiary Magistrates Order 1996 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2
In this Order—
a
“stipendiary magistrate” means a stipendiary magistrate appointed under section 13 of the 1979 Act in any commission area or areas outside the inner London area and the City of London;
b
“the 1979 Act” means the Justices of the Peace Act 1979.
Maximum number2
The maximum number of stipendiary magistrates specified for the purposes of section 13(4) of the 1979 Act shall be fifty.
(This note is not part of the Order)