Part II Justices of the peace
Metropolitan stipendiary magistrates
18 Jurisdiction of metropolitan stipendiary magistrates and lay justices for inner London area.
(1)
Metropolitan stipendiary magistrates shall hold magistrates’ courts for the inner London area.
(2)
In the inner London area the jurisdiction conferred on justices of the peace by any enactment, by their commission or by the common law shall be exercisable both—
(a)
by metropolitan stipendiary magistrates; and
(b)
by justices of the peace for that area who are not metropolitan stipendiary magistrates (in this Part of this Act referred to as “lay justices”).
(3)
Subject to subsections (4) and (5) below, the jurisdiction conferred on metropolitan stipendiary magistrates as such by any enactment shall be exercisable both—
(a)
by metropolitan stipendiary magistrates; and
(b)
by lay justices for the inner London area.
(4)
Subsection (3)(b) above does not apply to the jurisdiction conferred on metropolitan stipendiary magistrates by—
F1(a)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)
the M1Extradition Act 1989.
(5)
A magistrates’ court consisting of lay justices for the inner London area shall not by virtue of subsection (3) above try an information summarily or hear a complaint except when composed of at least two justices.
(6)
Without prejudice to subsection (2) above, subsections (2) to (7) of section 14 above apply to a metropolitan stipendiary magistrate as they apply to a stipendiary magistrate appointed under section 11 above.
(7)
Section 15 above applies to metropolitan stipendiary magistrates as well as other stipendiary magistrates in England or Wales.