Administration of Justice Act 1973

Sections 5 and 20.

SCHEDULE 1 E+W+N.I. Justices of the Peace (Consequential Re-Enactments and Amendments)

Part I E+W Retirement and Superannuation of Stipendiary Magistrates

1 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 1 repealed by Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c. 55, SIF 82), Sch. 3

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Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 1 para. 2 repealed by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), Sch. 4

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Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 1 para. 3 repealed (19.6.1997) by 1997 c. 25, ss. 73(3), 74(1), Sch. 6 Pt. I (with Sch. 4 para. 27)

Part II E+W Supplemental List for England and Wales

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Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 1 paras. 4—6 repealed by Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c. 55, SIF 82), Sch. 3

7 Any such act as is mentioned in [F5 section 9(2)(a) to (c) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997], where it may be done by a justice of the peace, may, subject to any express provision made to the contrary by any enactment or instrument relating to that act, be done also by any person who is . . . F6 , mayor of a London borough or chairman of a county or district council in England or Wales.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Sch. 1 para. 7 substituted (19.6.1997) by virtue of 1997 c. 25, ss. 73(2), 74(1), Sch. 5 para. 13(4) (with Sch. 4 para. 27)

F6 Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 102, Sch. 17

Part III E+W+N.I.

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Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 1 para. 8 repealed by Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c. 55, SIF 82), Sch. 3

Part IV E+W Amendments

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(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 1 para. 9(1) repealed by Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c. 55, SIF 82), Sch. 1 para. 6, Sch. 3

F9 Sch. 1 para. 9(2) repealed by Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47, SIF 76:1), Sch. 4

10 (1) In section 1 of the M1 Metropolitan Police Act 1829 for the words from “and by warrant” to “those several counties” there shall be substituted the words “and from time to time by warrant under his sign manual to appoint during His Majesty’s pleasure a Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis to execute the duties the duties of chief officer of the police force hereby established” ; and any person holding office as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis at the coming into force of this paragraph shall be deemed to have been appointed under that section as so amended.

(2) Subject to any express amendment or repeal made by this Act, any reference in the M2 Metropolitan Police Act 1829 or in any other enactment passed before the M3 Metropolitan Police Act 1856 to the justices appointed under the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 or to the Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis shall continue to have effect as a reference to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 “that section” means Metropolitan Police Act 1829 (c. 44, SIF 95), s. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 1829 c. 44.

M2 1829 c. 44(95).

M3 1856 c. 2(95).

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Textual Amendments

F10 Sch. 1 para. 11 repealed by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), Sch. 4

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Textual Amendments

F11 Sch. 1 para. 12 repealed by Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c. 55, SIF 82), Sch. 3

Section 6.]

[F12 SCHEDULE 2 E+W Jurisdiction of County Courts in relation to Land

Textual Amendments

F12 Sch. 2 so far as it relates to County Courts Act 1959 (c. 22) repealed by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(3), Sch. 4

Part I E+W Amendments as to Limit on Jurisdiction

Act	Amendments	Limit on jurisdiction
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 56).	In section 63(2) for the words “does not exceed £500” in paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the words “is not over the county court limit”, and for the words “exceeds £500” in paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the words “is over the county court limit”.	£5,000.
The County Courts Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 22).	In sections 48(1), 51(a) and (b) and 191(3), and in the entries in Schedule 1 relating to sections 146 and 147 of the Law of Property Act 1925, for the words “does not exceed £100” there shall in each case be substituted the words “is not above the county court limit”.	£1,000.

Part II E+W Related Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 The text of ss. 7(2), 14(1), 18(1) and Sch. 2 Pt. II and part of s. 1(9) is in the form in which it was originall enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified does not reflect any amendments or repeals made prior to 1.2.1991.

In the M4 County Courts Act 1959—

a b

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c

in section 200 (construction of references to net annual value for rating), in subsection (2), for the words from “shall” onwards, there shall be substituted—

“(a) shall, for the purposes of entitling a county court to excercise jurisdiction (but not for any other purpose), be taken to have a net annual value for rating not exceeding that of any such hereditament of which at the time in question it forms part ; and

(b) subject to paragraph (a) above, shall be taken to have a net annual value for rating equal to its value by the year.”

Textual Amendments

F13 Sch. 2 Pt. II paras. (a)(b) repealed by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7

Marginal Citations

M4 1959 c. 22.

Section 10.

SCHEDULE 3 E+W Increase of Certain Widow’s and Children’s Pensions in Northern Ireland

1 E+W The enactments in relation to which section 10 of this Act has effect by virtue of section 10(8) are—

(a) Part XIII of the M5 County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (relating to county court judges and clerks of the Crown and peace), in relation to which the references in section 10 of this Act to section 7(4), section 8 and section 11 (or sections 10 and 11) of the Act of 1950 shall be replaced, respectively, by references to section 126(4) of the County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959, section 127 of that Act and section 13 of the M6 Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951;

(b) the M7 Resident Magistrates’ Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960, in relation to which—

(i) subsection (4)(c) of section 10 of this Act and the reference in subsection (6) to sections 10 and 11 of the Act of 1950 shall not apply; and

(ii) the references in section 10 to section 7(4) and section 8 of the Act of 1950 shall be replaced, respectively, by references to section 8(4) and section 9 of the M8 Resident Magistrates’ Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960;

(c) Part II of the M9 Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (relating, by virtue of later enactments, to the National Insurance Commissioners, the President of the Industrial Court and the President of the Industrial Tribunals), in relation to which—

(i) subsection (4)(c) of section 10 of this Act and the reference in subsection (6) to sections 10 and 11 of the Act of 1950 shall not apply; and

(ii) the references in section 10 to section 7(4) and section 8 of the Act of 1950 shall be replaced, respectively, by references to section 10(4) and section 11 of the M10 Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951.

Marginal Citations

M5 1959 c. 25 (N.I.)

M6 1951 c. 20 (N.I.)

M7 1960 c. 2 (N.I.)

M8 1960 c. 2 (N.I.)

M9 1951 c. 20 (N.I.)

M10 1951 c. 20 (N.I.)

2 E+W In relation to the provisions to which section 10 of this Act applies by virtue of paragraph 1(a) or of paragraphs 1(b) above references in section 10 to relevant service shall have effect as references to service within the meaning of those provisions.

3 E+W In relation to any of the provisions to which section 10 of this Act applies by virtue of paragraph 1 above, the expression “enactment” in section 10(6) shall mean enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland or amendable by Act of that Parliament; and section 10(7) shall not apply, but regulations for purposes of section 10 may be made with the consent of the Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland by the Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland or, in relation to the M11 Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Irleand) 1951, [F14 the Department of Economic Development], and shall be subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the M12 Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 as if they were a statutory instrument within the meaning of that Act.

Textual Amendments

F14 Words in Sch. 3 para. 3 substituted (31.3.1995) by virtue of 1993 c. 8, s. 51(3), Sch. 8 para. 10(2); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 Reference to the Ministry of Finance for Northern Ireland to be construed as reference to the Treasury by virtue of Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36, SIF 29:3), s. 40, Sch. 5 para. 8; S.I. 1973/2163, art. 5(1)(c), Sch. 2 and S.I. 1981/1670, arts. 2(1)(c), 3(5)

C4 Reference to the Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland to be construed as reference to the Lord Chancellor by virtue of Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36, SIF 29:3), s. 40, Sch. 5 para. 8 and S.I. 1973/2163, art. 3, Sch. 2

Marginal Citations

M11 1951 c. 20 (N.I.)

M12 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

F15 F15 SCHEDULE 4 E+W

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Textual Amendments

F15 Sch. 4 repealed by Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20, SIF 71:2), s. 36, Sch. 4

F16 F16 SCHEDULE 5 U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F16 Sch. 5 repealed by Statute Law Repeals Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. I