Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)

SCHEDULES

Valid from 01/04/2005

SCHEDULE 8 U.K. Minor and consequential amendments

Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) U.K.

259 (1) Amend section 8 (the Crown Court) as follows. U.K.

(2) For subsection (2), substitute—

“(2) A justice of the peace is not disqualified from acting as a judge of the Crown Court merely because the proceedings are not at a place within the local justice area to which he is assigned or because the proceedings are not related to that area in any other way.”

(3) In subsection (3), for “or any Circuit judge or Recorder” substitute “ , Circuit judge, Recorder or District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) ”.

260 U.K. In section 9(6A) (Circuit judge and Recorder not to exercise powers of single judge), after “31” insert “ , 31B, 31C ”.

261 U.K. In section 75(1) (allocation of cases to different sorts of judges), for “and to a Circuit judge or Recorder” substitute “ , Circuit judge, Recorder or District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) ”.

262 U.K. In—

(a) section 125 (copies of wills and grants),

(b) section 126(1) (depositaries for wills of living persons), and

(c) section 134(2) (right to inspect power of attorney on payment of the prescribed fee),

for “the prescribed fee” substitute “ the fee prescribed by an order under section 92 of the Courts Act 2003 (fees) ”.

263 Omit section 130 (fees to be taken in Supreme Court).

264 U.K. Omit sections 138, 138A and 138B (effect of writs of execution against goods).

265 U.K. In section 151(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “prescribed”, omit paragraph (b) and “and” before it.