Justices of the Peace Act 1968

  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Appointment of justices, oaths of office, etc.

  3. 2.Age for transfer of justice to supplemental list, or for retirement of stipendiary magistrate

  4. 3.Election to chairmanship of bench

  5. 4.Travelling, subsistence and financial loss allowances

  6. 5.Justices' clerks

  7. 6.Provisions applying to Scotland

  8. 7.Commencement, and power to provide for transitional matters

  9. 8.Supplementary

  10. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Justices not Appointed by Commission of the Peace

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Justices of the Peace in the City of London

      1. 1.The persons holding office as justice of the peace for...

      2. 2.(1) Subject to paragraph 4 below, the Lord Mayor for...

      3. 3.Section 4 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949...

      4. 4.In the event of a Lord Mayor being disqualified for...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Supplementary Provisions as to City of London and Local Act Stipendiaries

      1. PART I Principal Provisions as to City of London

        1. General

          1. 1.In this Part of this Schedule and in Part III—...

          2. 2.(1) Section 1 of this Act shall not be taken...

          3. 3.Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Schedule,...

        2. Savings and amendments for particular matters

          1. 4.(1) Paragraph 3 above shall not affect—

          2. 5.In the City of London Police Act 1839 for the...

          3. 6.In the City of London (Union of Parishes) Act 1907,...

          4. 7.In the Criminal Justice Act 1948, in section 37(5) (which...

          5. 8.In the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 for section 118(4) there...

        3. Transitional

          1. 9.(1) Without prejudice to the operation of section 37 of...

          2. 10.(1) At the time from which persons are first appointed...

      2. PART II Principal Provisions as to Local Act Stipendiaries

        1. 11.(1) Where under section 1(8) of this Act a person...

        2. 12.(1) Where under section 1(8) of this Act a person...

        3. 13.(1) The person holding office at the appointed day as...

        4. 14.The Secretary of State may by statutory instrument make regulations...

      3. PART III Protection of Officers and Employees

        1. 15.(1) Every transferred officer or employee, so long as he...

        2. 16.(1) The Secretary of State shall by statutory instrument make...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Section 8(1) to (4) of Justices of the Peace Act 1949, as amended

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Enactments Repealed

      1. PART I

        1. Repeals of unnecessary enactments

      2. PART II

        1. Consequential Repeals