Explanatory Notes

Courts Act 2003

2003 CHAPTER 39

20 November 2003

Commentary on Sections: Part 2

District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts)

Section 25: District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) as justices of the peace

76.This section makes similar provision to section 10C(1) and (2) of the JPA 1997. Its purpose is to provide that the jurisdiction of a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) includes the jurisdiction of a lay magistrate.