Courts Act 1971

• (b) notwithstanding the repeals effected by this Act, section 19(2) of the City of London (Courts) Act 1964 (procedure for non-county court cases) shall apply to the proceedings with the modification that for any reference in the enactment or rules referred to in that section to the City Court there shall be substituted a reference to the county court, and section 15 of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938 (appeals from the City Court) shall apply accordingly.

• (3) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the provisions of any enactment or rule of law applicable immediately before the relevant date to any act, judgment or order of the City Court shall continue to apply thereto on and after the relevant date, but anything required on or after the relevant date to be done by or to the City Court or any officer thereof, under or by virtue of any such enactment or rule of law, shall be treated as validly done if done by or to the county court.

Outstanding fees

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All fees and similar payments which, having become due in the City Court, had not been paid before the relevant date shall become due on and after the relevant date to the Common Council of the City of London and shall be recoverable as if they were due to the Common Council under an order of the High Court.

Funds in court

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• (1) On the relevant date all investments and money which immediately before that date constituted the funds in court in the City Court shall, by virtue of this Act and without any transfer or assignment, be vested, subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, in the registrar of the county court as funds in that court.

• (2) So much of the investments and money referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above as, immediately before the relevant date, was held in the joint names of the Chamberlain of the City of London and the registrar of the City Court shall, instead of being vested solely in the registrar of the county court in accordance with that sub-paragraph, be vested, by virtue of this Act and without any transfer or assignment, jointly in the registrar of the county court and the Accountant-General of the Supreme Court.

Part III — Other Local Courts

Interpretation

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In this Part of this Schedule—

• “the local courts” means the courts abolished by section 43(1) of this Act and “local court” means any one of those courts;

• “the relevant date” in relation to a local court means the date on which it is abolished; and

• “the county court”, in relation to a local court, means the county court for the district in which the local court is situated.

Pending proceedings

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• (1) Subject to any provision made (whether before or after the relevant date) by county court rules:—

• (a) any proceedings which had been begun in a local court before the relevant date may be continued on and after that date in the county court, whether or not the proceedings could have been begun in that or any other county court; and

• (b) anything done in accordance with the rules applicable to proceedings in the local court shall be treated as having been done in accordance with the rules applicable to corresponding proceedings in the county court.

• (2) Any act, judgment or order of a local court in any proceedings shall have the like effect, and further proceedings may be taken in respect of it, as if it were an act, judgment or order of the county court.

• (3) Where, by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above, any proceedings are continued in a county court which could not have been begun in that or any other county court, the court shall have jurisdiction to deal with the proceedings in the like manner as the local court would have had if it had not been abolished.

Fees

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• (1) All fees and similar payments which, having become due in a local court, had not been paid before the relevant date shall on and after that date become due to the appropriate local authority, and all sums which immediately before that date stood to the credit of, or were awaiting payment into, any account maintained by a local court for the receipt of fees and similar payments shall on that date vest in the appropriate local authority.

• (2) All money due to the appropriate local authority by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above shall be recoverable as if it were due to the authority under an order of the High Court.

• (3) For the purposes of this paragraph “the appropriate local authority” means—

• (a) in relation to the Tolzey Court or the Pie Poudre Court of the City and County of Bristol, the council of the county borough of Bristol;

• (b) in relation to the Liverpool Court of Passage, the council of the county borough of Liverpool;

• (c) in relation to the Norwich Guildhall Court, the council of the county borough of Norwich; and

• (d) in relation to the Court of Record for the Hundred of Salford, the council of the county borough of Manchester.

Funds in court

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On the relevant date all investments and money which immediately before that date constituted the funds in court in a local court shall, by virtue of this Act and without any transfer or assignment, be vested in the registrar of the county court as funds in that court.

Court records

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All records of the local courts shall on and after the relevant date be deemed to be records of county courts and may be dealt with accordingly under the Public Records Act 1958.

SCHEDULE 6

Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952

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For sections 7 to 10 of the said Act there shall be substituted the sections set out below.

(7) (1) In this Act and in any other enactment providing for payment of costs out of central funds " central funds " means money provided by Parliament. (2) The Secretary of State shall, out of money so provided, pay to the persons charged with the duty of making the payments concerned all sums required to meet payments ordered to be made out of central funds under this Act or any other such enactment as is referred to in subsection (1) above. (8) (1) As soon as there has been ascertained the amount due to any person as costs ordered (under this or any other Act) by the Crown Court to be paid out of central funds, the appropriate officer of the Crown Court shall pay the amount so ascertained to that person, or to any person appearing to him to be acting on behalf of that person. (2) As soon as there has been ascertained the amount due to any person as costs ordered (under this or any other Act) to be paid out of central funds by a Divisional Court, by the Court of Appeal or by the House of Lords.— (a) the master of the Crown Office, in the case of a Divisional Court, and (b) the registrar of criminal appeals in the case of the Court of Appeal or the House of Lords, shall pay the amount so ascertained to that person, or to any person appearing to him to be acting on behalf of that person. (9) (1) As soon as there has been ascertained the amount due to any person as costs ordered to be paid out of central funds by a magistrates' court— (a) dealing summarily with an indictable offence, or (b) inquiring into an offence as examining justices and determining not to commit the accused for trial, (c) where an information is not proceeded with, as mentioned in section 52(1) of the Courts Act 1971 the justices' clerk shall pay to that person the amount so ascertained. (2) As soon as there has been ascertained the amount due to any person as costs ordered to be paid out of central funds by a magistrates' court otherwise than as mentioned in subsection (1) above, the justices' clerk shall— (a) so far as the amount is due for travelling or personal expenses in respect of that person's attendance, pay to him the amount due forthwith ; and (b) so far as the amount is not due for such expenses, send a certificate of the amount to the Crown Court, in accordance with arrangements made by the Lord Chancellor. (3) Where a certificate is sent to the Crown Court under subsection (2) above the appropriate officer of the Crown Court shall pay to the person to whom the certificate relates, or to any person appearing to him to be acting on behalf of that person, the amount certified or any less amount which the Crown Court considers should have been allowed under this Act. (4) The appropriate officer of the Crown Court shall, when practicable, include the amount payable as costs certified under this section in any order for payment of costs made by that Court. (10) (1) Where a court orders the payment of costs by the accused or the prosecutor and also orders the payment of costs out of central funds, the costs, so far as they are payable under both orders, shall be primarily payable out of central funds ; and the court shall give notice to the Secretary of State of the order for the payment of costs by the accused or the prosecutor. (2) To the extent that any costs are primarily payable out of central funds by an order (under this or any other Act) and have been paid out of those funds, the Secretary of State shall be entitled to be reimbursed out of any money due under any other court order for the payment of those costs, and to take any proceedings for the enforcement of any such other order providing for payment of costs by the prosecutor.

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• (1) Section 12 of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952 (regulations about costs) shall be amended as follows.

• (2) A reference to central funds shall be substituted for any reference to local funds in the said section 12.

• (3) Regulations under the said section 12 may, as respects costs payable out of central funds under any enactment, or as respects other costs payable under the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952 or the Criminal Appeal Act 1968, provide a right of appeal from any decision on taxation, or ascertainment of the amount, of the costs, whether to a Taxing Master of the Supreme Court or to any other officer or authority.

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In section 14(4) of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act, 1952 (exclusion of proceedings on appeal to Crown Court) for the words "Except as aforesaid " there shall be substituted the words " Except as otherwise expressly provided ".

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In sections 16 and 17 of the said Act a reference to central funds shall be substituted for any reference to local funds.

Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963

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Licensing Act 1964.

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Criminal Justice Act 1967

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• (1) In section 32 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967, in subsection (2), for the words from the beginning to “said Act of 1966” there shall be substituted the words “Section 5 of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952 (costs awarded by magistrates’ courts out of central funds), section 26 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (payment of expenses of witnesses in connection with criminal appeals out of central funds), section 33 of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968” and after the words “Courts-Martial Appeal Court)” there shall be inserted the words “and section 47 of the Courts Act 1971 (costs awarded by Crown Court out of central funds)”.

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Criminal Appeal Act 1968

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Gaming Act 1968

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In paragraph 30 of Schedule 2 to the Gaming Act 1968 (awards of costs of licensing authority out of local funds), in sub-paragraph (2), for the words “local funds” there shall be substituted the words “central funds”.

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SCHEDULE 7

PART I — AMENDMENTS OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT 1949

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In section 16 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949, paragraph (b) of the proviso to subsection (2), subsection (5) from the words “so however” onwards and subsection (6)(a) shall be omitted.

2

• (1) In Schedule 4 to that Act, in paragraph 1, in sub-paragraph (1) after the word “composed”there shall be inserted the words “subject to sub-paragraph (2) below”, and at the end of sub-paragraph (1)there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph:—

(2) The magistrates’ courts committee for any area may, with his consent, co-opt a judge of the High Court, Circuit judge or Recorder to serve as a member of the committee

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• (2) Paragraphs 1(3) and 4 of that Schedule shall be omitted.

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For paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to that Act there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

• (5) Where the magistrates for a county are required to meet for the purpose of carrying out any functions under the preceding paragraphs, a meeting shall be convened by the magistrates’ courts committee or, if there is no such committee in being or the Secretary of State considers it appropriate, by the Secretary of State.

PART II — AMENDMENTS OF THE PRISON ACT 1952

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PART III

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• (1) In Schedule 3 to that Act, in paragraph 1(1), for the words " made by quarter sessions with the approval of " there shall be substituted the words " made by the magistrates' courts committee for the county and approved by ".

• (2) For sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 1 of that Schedule there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs:—

(2) Where there is more than one licensing district in the county the rules made under sub-paragraph (1) above shall secure that the licensing justices for each licensing district appoint one or more of their number, according as the rules provide, to be members of the compensation committee. (3) Where a magistrates' courts committee is constituted for an area which extends beyond a county, any reference in this Schedule to the magistrates' courts committee for the county is a reference to the magistrates' courts committee for the area which includes the county.

• (3) In paragraph 2 of that Schedule for the words " Quarter sessions " there shall be substituted the words " The magistrates' courts committee for a county ".

• (4) For paragraph 3 of that Schedule there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

(3) If they consider it appropriate to do so, the magistrates' courts committee for. a county may make provision for the appointment of different compensation committees for different parts of the county, and where they do so each of the different parts shall be treated as a separate county for the purposes of appointment to and the execution of the functions of county compensation committees.

• (5) In paragraph 4 of that Schedule for the words " Quarter sessions " in the first place where they occur there shall be substituted the words " Without prejudice to paragraph 3 above, the magistrates' courts committee for a county " and for the words " having the same quarter sessions " there shall be substituted the words " for which the same magistrates' courts committee acts ".

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SCHEDULE 8

Part I — General

Administrative functions of quarter sessions and clerks of the peace

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• (1) Any function of courts of quarter sessions, or of committees of quarter sessions, which relates—

• (a) to the deposit of plans or documents, other than those relating to judicial business, or

• (b) to the keeping of records other than those relating to judicial business, or

• (c) to any other matter which is not of a judicial nature,

shall be transferred to the local authorities for the areas to which those matters relate.

• (2) Any function of clerks of the peace, or deputy clerks of the peace, relating to any of the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above shall be transferred to the clerks of the local authorities for the areas to which those matters relate.

• (3) The preceding provisions of this paragraph are without prejudice to—

• (a) sections 3 and 31 of the Local Government Act 1888 (which transferred certain quarter sessions functions to councils of counties or county boroughs), and

• (b) section 101 of the Local Government Act 1933 (which transferred certain functions of clerks of the peace to clerks of county councils).

• (4) References in this paragraph to local authorities—

• (a) do not include the Greater London Council,

• (b) include county councils, but not any authority for a part of a county:

Provided that as respects matters in the Isles of Scilly the Council of the Isles of Scilly shall be the local authority.

• (5) So far as any matter referred to in this paragraph relates to the Inner Temple or the Middle Temple, references in this paragraph to local authorities, or to clerks of local authorities, are references to the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple or, as the case may be, the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple.

General rules of construction

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• (1) In any enactment or other instrument for any reference or expression in the first column of the Table below there shall be substituted the relevant reference or expression in the second column of the Table.

• (2) Sub-paragraph (1) above applies to Acts or instruments passed or made before the appointed date or later.

• (3) The preceding provisions of this paragraph apply subject to the provisions of this Act, and only except where the context otherwise requires, and in particular do not apply in relation to a sentence imposed, or other thing done, by a court before the appointed day.

Reference	Substituted reference
1Court of gaol delivery or of oyer and terminer.	The Crown Court.
2Court of assize, or assizes, where the context does not relate to civil jurisdiction.	The Crown Court.
3Court of assize, or assizes, where the context relates either to criminal or civil jurisdiction, or relates exclusively to civil jurisdiction.	The Crown Court or the High Court, or as the case may be the High Court and not the Crown Court.
4Court of quarter sessions, or committee of a court of quarter sessions, except in relation to functions transferred to some authority other than the Crown Court.This paragraph applies to references to courts of quarter sessions, however expressed, and applies in particular to any reference to “the next court of quarter sessions”, or to the quarter sessions for any particular area, or to any sessions which, by section 13(14), of the Interpretation Act 1889, were included in the expression “court of quarter sessions”.	The Crown Court.
5Judge or commissioner of assize, or judge acting during assizes.	The Crown Court or the High Court, or both, according as the reference is to criminal jurisdiction, or civil jurisdiction, or to both.
6Chairman or deputy chairman of quarter sessions.	The Crown Court.
7Recorder, or deputy, assistant or temporary recorder, of a borough (but not the Recorder of London).	aWhere the context implies a reference to jurisdiction of the Crown Court, the Crown Court.bWhere the context implies a reference to any judicial function not related to a court of quarter sessions (or the Crown Court) such Circuit judge or Recorder as the Lord Chief Justice may nominate for the purpose.cIn any other case, such local authority, member of a local authority or officer of a local authority as the Lord Chief Justice may nominate.
8County court judge.	A judge assigned to a county court district, or acting as a judge so assigned.
9The judge or chairman of the court where the court is the Crown Court and comprises justices of the peace and the reference was applicable before the appointed day to county quarter sessions and meant the chairman or acting chairman of the bench.	The judge presiding in the Crown Court proceedings.
10Clerk of assize or other officer whose duties related exclusively to the criminal jurisdiction of courts of assize.	The appropriate officer of the Crown Court.
11Clerk of the peace or deputy clerk of the peace, except in relation to functions transferred to local authorities or officers of local authorities.	The appropriate officer of the Crown Court.
12Clerk of the court where the court is the Crown Court.	The appropriate officer of the Crown Court.
13A borough having a separate court of quarter sessions.	A borough which, immediately before the appointed day, had a separate court of quarter sessions.
14Any period limited by reference to the next sitting, or the beginning or end of the next sitting, of a court of quarter sessions.	30 days or such other period as the Lord Chief Justice may direct.
15Any right to apply to a court of quarter sessions limited to a specified sitting of the court next after, or in the calendar year of, a 21st or other anniversary of an enclosure award or other event.	A right to apply to the Crown Court within twleve months from the anniversary. The Crown Court may modify or supersede any associated time limit for the giving of notice of the application, or for the confirmation of any decision on the application.
16Any reference to local funds in the context of a reference to the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952.	Central funds, that is to say money provided by Parliament.

Nothing in the Table above shall be taken as affecting any enactment which, as respects any judicial or other office abolished by this Act, provides for—

• (a) the appointment, retirement, or removal of the officer, or

• (b) the tenure of office and oaths to be taken by any such officer, or

• (c) the remuneration, allowances or pensions of any such officer;

and nothing in the Table above shall apply to any reference to records of any court.

Amendments of local Acts

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• (1) The Lord Chancellor may by order in a statutory instrument provide for such amendments or repeals of provisions of any local Act as appears to him required to give effect to the provisions of this Act.

• (2) An order under this paragraph may, in particular, provide, if in the opinion of the Lord Chancellor there are special circumstances justifying it, for any jurisdiction of a court of quarter sessions under any local Act to be abolished, or transferred otherwise than to the Crown Court.

• (3) An order under this paragraph may contain such transitional and other supplemental and incidental provisions as appear to the Lord Chancellor to be necessary or expedient.

• (4) A statutory instrument under this paragraph shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Part II — Miscellaneous Amendments

Habeas Corpus Act 1679

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• (1) In section 2 of the Habeas Corpus Act 1679 for the words from “in the Court of Kings Bench” to “case shall require” substitute “in the Crown Court”.

• (2) In section 8 of the said Act for “judge of assize” substitute “judge of the Crown Court”.

Vagrancy Act 1824

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The Vagrancy Act 1824 shall be amended as follows:—

• (a) in section 5, as amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1967, for “quarter sessions” substitute “the Crown Court”,

• (b) in section 10 for the words from “quarter sessions” to “assembled” substitute “the Crown Court, it shall be lawful for the Crown Court”, and

• (c) in section 14 for the words following “appeal to” to the end of the section substitute “the Crown Court”.

Law Terms Act 1830

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Parliamentary Documents Deposit Act 1837

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For any reference in the Parliamentary Documents Deposit Act 1837 to the clerk of the peace there shall be substituted a reference to any officer of a local or other authority.

Slave Trade Act 1843

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Indictable Offences Act 1848

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In sections 12, 13 and 14 of the Indictable Offences Act 1848 (backing of warrants) for ant reference to justices of oyer and terminer or gaol delivery, except so far as it is a reference to such a justice in Northern Ireland, there shall be substituted a reference to the Crown Court.

Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851

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In section 30 of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 for the reference to justices of oyer and terminer and general gaol delivery in England there shall be substituted a reference to the Crown Court.

Juries Act 1870

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Explosives Act 1875

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Prosecution of Offences Act 1879

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Central Criminal Court (Prisons) Act 1881

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Coroners Act 1887

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• (1) In section 5 of the Coroners Act 1887—

• (a) in subsection (2) for the words “at the next” to “is to be” substitute “before the Crown Court”.

• (b) in subsection (3) for the words following “proper officer” substitute “of the Crown Court”.

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Witnesses (Public Inquiries) Protection Act 1892

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In section 3 of the Witnesses (Public Inquiries) Protection Act 1892 for the words from “quarter sessions” to the end substitute “ Crown Court”.

Indictments Act 1915

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Judicature Act 1925

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Criminal Justice Act 1925

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In section 33(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 (arraignment of corporation) for the words from the beginning to “case may be” substitute “On arraignment of a corporation, the corporation may”.

Coroners (Amendment) Act 1926

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• (1) The provisions of this Act about committal for trial by a magistrates’ court, and the provisions of section 7(2) and section 13 of this Act, shall, subject to the provisions of this paragraph, apply with any necessary modifications to the proceedings mentioned in section 25(2) of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 1926.

• (2) Rules under the said section 25(2) may apply—

• (a) the provisions of this Act mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above, and any other enactment relating to committal by magistrates’ courts for trial in the Crown Court, and

• (b) the provisions of the Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965 relating to witness orders.

with such modifications as may be necessary for giving effect to provisions of the said section 25.

• (3) Sub-paragraph (1) above shall have effect subject to any rules so made.

Petroleum (Consolidation) Act 1928

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Children and Young Persons Act 1933

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Local Government Act 1933

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Criminal Justice Act 1948

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In the Criminal Justice Act 1948—

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• (b) in all places where there occurs a reference to a court of quarter sessions (sections . . . 20(5)(a), 37(3)(6)) there shall be substituted a reference to the Crown Court.

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• (1) In section 14 of that Act, in the proviso to subsection (1), after the word "fine" there shall be inserted the words " or any amount due under a recognisance ".

• (2) At the end of the said section 14 add:—

(6) The powers conferred by this section shall not be taken as restricted by any enactment about committal by a magistrates' court to the Crown Court which authorises the Crown Court to deal with an offender in any way in which the magistrates' court might have dealt with him: Provided that any term fixed under subsection (1)(c) above as respects a fine imposed by the Crown Court in pursuance of such an enactment, that is to say a fine which the magistrates' court could have imposed, shall not exceed the period applicable to that fine (if imposed by the magistrates' court) under Schedule 3 to the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 or section 285 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952

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For section 29 of that Act there shall be substituted the following section—

(29) Where an offender is committed by a magistrates' court for sentence under section 29 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 or section 62 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967, the Crown Court shall enquire into the circumstances of the case and shall have power to deal with the offender in any manner in which it could deal with him if he had just been convicted of the offence on indictment by the court.

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• (1) In section 37 of that Act, for paragraph (b) of subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(b) the High Court may release on bail a person— (i) who, after the decision of his case by the Crown Court, has applied to the Crown Court for the statement of a case for the High Court on that decision, or (ii) who has applied to the High Court for an order of certorari to remove proceedings in the Crown Court on his case into the High Court, or has applied to the High Court for leave to make such an application.

• (2) At the end of subsev=ction (3) of that section there shall be added the words “or by a police officer not below the rank of inspector or the governor of a prison or the keeper of a place of detention”.

Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949

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Representation of the People Act 1949

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National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949

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Administration of Justice (Pensions) Act 1950

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Prison Act 1952

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In section 47(5) of the Prison Act 1952 as amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1961 for the words “at assizes or quarter sessions” substitute “before the Crown Court” and for “quarter sessions” substitute “the Crown Court”.

Magistrates' Courts Act 1952

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County Courts Act 1959

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Highways Act 1959

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Obscene Publications Act 1959

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In section 3(50 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 (time of coming into force of forfeiture order) for the words from “fourteen days” to “order is made” substitute “the period within which notice of appeal to the Crown Court may be given against the order”.

Mental Health Act 1959

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Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960

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In section 9(2) of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (time of coming into force of order revoking a licence) for the words from “on such date” to the words “case stated or otherwise” substitute “on such date as the court may specify in the order, being a date not earlier than the expiration of any period within which notice of appeal (whether by case stated or otherwise) may be given against the conviction”.

Administration of Justice Act I960

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• (1) In section 13(2) of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 (appeal in cases of contempt of court) after paragraph (b) insert—

(bb) from an order or decision of the Crown Court to the Court of Appeal.

• (2) In section 13(5)(a) of the said Act after “High Court” insert “the Crown Court”.

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Criminal Justice Act 1961

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Licensing Act 1964

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Administration of Justice Act 1964

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• (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Judges' Remuneration Act 1965

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Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965

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• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3) For the purposes of section 13 of this Act a warrant issued under section 4 of the said Act (warrant of arrest to secure attendance of witness) shall be treated as a warrant issued by the Crown Court.

• (4) In section 4(2) of the said Act for the words “a court of assize or quarter sessions” substitute “the Crown Court”.

• (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Criminal Appeal Act 1966

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Matrimonial Causes Act 1967

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Criminal Justice Act 1967

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In the Criminal Justice Act 1967—

• (a) in all places where there occurs a reference to a court of assize or quarter sessions (sections . . . 56(1)(3)(5)(8)(11), 62(10) . . . and in Schedule 6 paragraphs 2, 14, 16, 21(c)) there shall be substituted a reference to the Crown Court.

• (b) in all places where there occurs a reference to a court of quarter sessions (sections 20, ... 56 . . . (6), 62(6)(7), . . . and in Schedule 6 paragraph 1) there shall be substituted a reference to the Crown Court.

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54

• (1) In section 54 of that Act, subsection (4) shall be omitted.

• (2) In subsection (5) of that section, for the words from the beginning to " and which" there shall be substituted the words " Where a probationer appears or is brought before the Crown Court and the court " and after the words " probation order ", in the first place where they occur, there shall be inserted the words " the Crown Court ".

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Criminal Appeal Act 1968

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• (1) In the Criminal Appeal Act 1968—

• (a) for the words “a court of assize or quarter sessions” wherever they occur (sections 10(1), . . .11(2)) substitute the words “the Crown Court”.

• (b) for the words “at assizes or quarter sessions” wherever they occur (sections 10(2), (3), 24(2)(b), 39(3)) substitute the words “before the Crown Court”.

• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3) In section 51(1) of the said Act for the definition of the judge of the court of trial substitute— “the judge of court of trial” means, where the Crown Court comprises justices of the peace, the judge presiding. ”

Domestic and Appellate Proceedings (Restriction of Publicity) Act 1968

58

In section 1(4) of the Domestic and Appellate Proceedings (Restriction of Publicity) Act 1968 after the words “the High Court” add the words “the Crown Court”.

Children and Young Persons Act 1969

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Administration of Justice Act 1970

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• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3) In paragraphs 1 to 15 of Schedule 9 to the said Act for the words “quarter sessions” and the words “a court of assize or quarter sessions” wherever they occur substitute “the Crown Court”.

• (4) For paragraphs 16 to 20 of the said Schedule 9 substitute the following paragraph—

(16) Any order for the payment of costs made by the Crown Court, other than an order falling within Part I above, or an order for costs to be paid out of money provided by Parliament.

SCHEDULE 9

Part I — Appellate Jurisdiction

Part II — Original Jurisdiction

SCHEDULE 10

PART I — Criminal Assize Courts and Courts of Quarter Sessions

1

• (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, for the purpose of enabling proceedings instituted before the appointed day to be continued thereafter, and for preserving in other respects the continuity of the administration of justice, the Crown Court shall be treated as succeeding to, and being the same court as, all criminal assize courts and, except as respects functions not transferred to the Crown Court, all courts of quarter sessions.

• (2) Any order, writ, summons, warrant, recognizance, notice, grant of legal aid or other proceeding or document shall have effect in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above, and shall be construed, unless the context otherwise requires, in accordance with the Table in Part I of Schedule 8 to this Act.

• (3) In any proceedings in which a magistrates' court has committed a person for trial at, or otherwise given a direction as respects the hearing of proceedings by, a specified court of assize or court of quarter sessions, the place and time of trial of the proceedings in the Crown Court shall be determined in accordance with directions given by or on behalf of the Lord Chief Justice with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor.

Part-heard proceedings

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• (1) Any proceeding the hearing of which has begun but is not completed before the appointed day before a criminal court of assize or before a court of quarter sessions shall, subject to the provisions of this paragraph, be continued and disposed of as if this Act had not been passed.

• (2) Sub-paragraph (1) above shall not affect the provisions of Schedule 3 to this Act as to the provision of court accommodation.

• (3) A local or other authority shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Lord Chancellor in respect of any expenditure incurred by the authority in consequence of sub-paragraph (1) above which, but for the provisions of that sub-paragraph, would have been payable by the Lord Chancellor or some other Minister.

Costs in criminal cases

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Nothing in this Act shall affect any order made before the appointed day for the payment of costs out of local funds within the meaning of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952, and except so far as the Lord Chancellor otherwise directs, any such costs shall be taxable and recoverable as if this Act had not been passed.

Records of courts of quarter sessions

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Before the appointed day the clerk of the peace of each court of quarter sessions shall make arrangements, in accordance with directions given by or on behalf of the Lord Chancellor, for the disposal in accordance with those directions of all records in his custody or control which relate to the judicial business of the court of quarter sessions.

PART II — Courts: Miscellaneous

Civil courts of assize

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• (1) Subject to any provision made by rules of court, and to sub-paragraph (2) below—

• (a) any civil proceedings which had been begun in a court of assize before the appointed day may be continued on and after the appointed day in the High Court as if they had been begun in the High Court and not assigned to a court of assize, and

• (b) any act, judgment or order in civil proceedings in a court of assize shall be treated as having been done in accordance with the rules applicable to proceedings in the High Court, other than in a court of assize.

• (2) Any civil proceedings in a court of assize the hearing of which has begun but is not completed before the appointed day shall be continued and disposed of as if this Act had not passed.

Directions by Lord Chief Justice

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• (1) The Lord Chief Justice may if it appears to him expedient give directions as to the conduct of any proceedings instituted in any court abolished by this Act if in his opinion the direction is required to meet any difficulty arising from the transfer by this Act of the jurisdiction of any of those courts.

• (2) The preceding provisions of this Schedule, and the provisions of Schedule 5 to this Act, shall have effect subject to any direction under this paragraph.

• (3) A direction under this paragraph may relate either to a specified proceeding, or to proceedings of a specified class or description.

PART III — County Court Judges

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Each person who, immediately before the appointed day, held office as judge for a county court district shall be treated, on and after that day, as having been assigned to that district (in his capacity as a Circuit judge) under section 20(1) of this Act.

8

Notwithstanding anything in section 20(4) of this Act, the termination by virtue of that section of a person's appointment as temporary or deputy judge of a county court shall not prevent him from continuing to deal with any case which had been begun before him before the appointed day ; and for the purposes of that case and of any proceedings subsequent thereon he shall continue, on and after the appointed day, to be treated as a temporary or deputy judge of the county court concerned as if section 20(4) of this Act and the repeal of the provisions of the County Courts Act 1959 relating to temporary and deputy judges of county courts had not been enacted.

PART IV — Judges, Officers and Staff

Continuation of appointments

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• (1) The repeals made by this Act shall not affect the appointment of any judge, officer or other person made before the repeal takes effect, but without prejudice to any provision of this Act abolishing any office or employment.

• (2) The repeals made by this Act shall not affect any pension or other right in respect of service before the repeal takes effect.

Jury service

10

The abolition by this Act of the offices of clerk of assize, clerk of the peace and other offices shall not affect the operation of section 16 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (under which certain persons are exempt from jury service for ten years after ceasing to hold office).

Superannuation etc.

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The repeal by this Act of provisions in Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957 shall not affect the operation of section 4 of the Judicial Pensions Act 1959 (holders of high judicial office who are former holders of other judicial offices).

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• (1) The repeal by this Act of section 10 of the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1956 shall not affect the continuing, liability of the city council of Liverpool or the city council of Manchester to pay to the Lord Chancellor under subsection (2) of that section, at such times as may be agreed between him and the council concerned, one-half or such other part as may with the concurrence of the Treasury be so agreed, of any sums payable under that Act on account of any pension or other benefit payable after the appointed day in respect of any person's service as Recorder of Liverpool or Recorder of Manchester at any time before that day.

• (2) Any sums received by the Lord Chancellor by virtue of this paragraph shall be paid into the Exchequer.

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• (1) The provisions of this paragraph apply in relation to a contributory employee, within the meaning of the Local Government Superannuation Act 1937.—

• (a) whose office is abolished under section 44(1) of this Act or who otherwise ceases to be employed for the purpose of any function as a result of any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 44(2) of this Act; and

• (b) who, after the date of that abolition or cessation of employment, either continues in the employment of the same authority as before that date or becomes, as soon as practicable after that date, employed by the authority which before that date was responsible in whole or in part for the payment of his remuneration ; and

• (c) who suffers a reduction in remuneration in consequence of the abolition of his office or cessation of employment as mentioned in paragraph (a) above.

• (2) A contributory employee to whom this paragraph applies shall be entitled to contribute or, as the case may be, to continue to contribute, to the superannuation fund (within the meaning of Part I of the Local Government Superannuation Act 1937) maintained by the authority referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above the like amount as if his remuneration had not been reduced.

• (3) For the purpose of determining the amount of any benefit which becomes payable to or in respect of a contributory employee to whom this paragraph applies and who, by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) above, paid contributions as if his remuneration had not been reduced, the contributory employee shall be treated as having received the remuneration which he would have received but for the reduction referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(c) above.

• (4) Any reference in the preceding provisions of this paragraph to the reduction of an employee's remuneration includes, in the case of a person who also held office as a clerk of the peace or deputy clerk of the peace to whom paragraph B or paragraph C of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Local Government Superannuation Act 1937 applied immediately before the appointed day, a reference to the case where his remuneration ceased to be deemed to be increased under one or other of those paragraphs by an amount equal to his salary as clerk of the peace or deputy clerk of the peace.

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• (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, on the abolition under section 44(1)(a) of this Act of a person's office as deputy clerk of the peace of a county, being a person who was also in the employment of the county council concerned, the provisions of Part I of the Local Government Superannuation Act 1937 relating to the return of contributions shall apply to him as if—

• (a) the abolition of his office were a ground for the return of contributions under the said Part I, and

• (b) the sum payable to him under the said Part I were a sum equal to the amount by which the contributions paid by and in respect of him had been increased by reason of any provision of Part II of Schedule 2 to that Act.

• (2) Sub-paragraph (1) above shall not apply in the case of a person who is a contributory employee to whom the preceding paragraph applies and who exercises the right given to him by sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph to pay contributions of the like amount as if his remuneration had not been reduced.

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• (1) In relation to any person who, before the day appointed for the coming into force of section 44(1)(a) of this Act held office as a clerk of the peace or a deputy clerk of the peace, the repeal by this Act of—

• (a) section 9(2) of the Local Government (Clerks) Act 1931,

• (b) any provision of the Local Government Superannuation Act 1937,

• (c) any provision of the Local Government Superannuation Act 1953, and

• (d) sections 8 and 29 of the Administration of Justice Act 1964,

shall not affect the continued operation of those provisions or of any regulations made under them so far as they relate to rights accrued, contributions made and other things done before that day.

• (2) Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (1) above, for the purposes of—

• (a) any statutory provision contained in or made or issued under the Local Government Superannuation Acts 1937 to 1953, the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948 or Part III of the National Insurance Act 1965, which is in force at the passing of this Act, and

• (b) except as may be otherwise expressly provided therein, any enactment passed after the passing of this Act whereby any of those Acts is amended, extended or superseded, and any statutory instrument which after the passing of -this Act is made or issued under any of those Acts or such an enactment,

in any case where, at a time after the day appointed for the purposes of section 44(1) of this Act, a court of quarter sessions would, if this Act had not been passed, have been the employing authority in relation to a clerk of the peace, deputy clerk of the peace or other officer of the court who before that day died while serving, or otherwise ceased to serve, in that employment, or in relation to the widow or any other dependant of such a person, the relevant local authority, as denned in sub-paragraph (3) below, shall be treated as being at that time the employing authority in relation to that person or, as the case may be, to that person's widow or other dependant.

• (3) In sub-paragraph (2) above " the relevant local authority" means—

• (a) in relation to a person, or the widow or other dependant of a person, who was clerk of the peace or deputy clerk of the peace for a London commission area or who was otherwise an officer of the court of quarter sessions for such an area, the Greater London Council; and

• (b) in relation to any person, or the widow or other dependant of any person, not falling within paragraph (a) above, the county council which, immediately before the day appointed for the purposes of section 44(1) of this Act, defrayed expenditure of the court of quarter sessions concerned under section 29(9) of the Administration of Justice Act 1964.

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• (1) The Lord Chancellor may, with the concurrence of the Minister for the Civil Service, give a direction with respect to any clerk, bailiff, usher or messenger of a county court appointed by the registrar of that court under the proviso to section 28(1) of the County Courts Act 1959 (which relates to the case where the registrar's salary includes the remuneration of any such officer) or deemed to have been so appointed by virtue of section 205 of that Act; and where a direction is so given then, subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, that person's employment in court service shall be deemed for all purposes to be employment in the civil service of the State and, if a certificate has been issued to him by the Civil Service Commissioners, allowances may in his case be granted accordingly under the Superannuation Acts 1965 and 1967.

• (2) Except in so far as the Minister for the Civil Service directs in any case, no account shall be taken for the purposes of this paragraph of court service before the issue of the certificate.

• (3) For the purpose of this paragraph " court service" means employment as a clerk, bailiff, usher or messenger in the service of a county court, whether or not combined with employment as a clerk in the service of a district registry of the High Court.

Seconding of staff from local or other authorities

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• (1) This paragraph has effect in order to meet any temporary shortage of staff to be appointed by the Lord Chancellor for the Supreme Court or county courts which may arise in the course of bringing the provisions of this Act into force.

• (2) A local or other authority may enter into any agreement with the Lord Chancellor for the placing at the disposal of the Lord Chancellor, on such terms as may be provided by the agreement, of the services of any person who is employed by the authority and who gives his consent.

• (3) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that for superannuation purposes service rendered by a person whose services are placed at the disposal of the Lord Chancellor in pursuance of this paragraph is service rendered to the authority by whom that person is employed.

• (4) This paragraph applies whether or not the staff to be placed at the disposal of the Lord Chancellor were employed in the discharge by the authority of duties of which the authority will be relieved by this Act, and is without prejudice to any other power exercisable by the authority for the purposes set out in sub-paragraph (2) above.

SCHEDULE 11

PART I — Juries

PART II — Local Courts

PART III — Costs in Criminal Cases

PART IV — Other Repeals

Location of sittings and business of High Court.

Administrative and other court staff.

Provision of accommodation.

Boroughs: honorary offices.

Social Security Commissioner appointed under section 97 of the Social Security Act 1975.

Part IA — Certain Office–Holders Eligible for Appointment as Circuit Judges

Member (excluding the President) of the Lands Tribunal appointed under section 2 of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949.

President of Value Added Tax Tribunals or chairman of such a tribunal appointed under Schedule 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1983.

Special Commissioner appointed under section 4 of the Taxes Management Act 1970.

Taxing Master of the Supreme Court.

Master of the Court of Protection.

Habeas Corpus 1679

Administration of Justice Act 1960

This Amendment shall cease to have effect when the relevant repeal by the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 takes effect.

SCHEDULE 10.

Part I — Criminal Assize Courts and Courts of Quarter Sessions

1

• (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, for the purpose of enabling proceedings instituted before the appointed day to be continued thereafter, and for preserving in other respects the continuity of the administration of justice, the Crown Court shall be treated as succeeding to, and being the same court as, all criminal assize courts and, except as respects functions not transferred to the Crown Court, all courts of quarter sessions.

• (2) Any order, writ, summons, warrant, recognizance, notice, grant of legal aid or other proceeding or document shall have effect in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above, and shall be construed, unless the context otherwise requires, in accordance with the Table in Part I of Schedule 8 to this Act.

• (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part-heard proceedings

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Costs in criminal cases

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Records of courts of quarter sessions

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Part II — Courts: Miscellaneous

Civil courts of assize

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Directions by Lord Chief Justice

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Part III — County Court Judges

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Part IV — Judges, Officers and Staff

Continuation of appointments

9

• (1) The repeals made by this Act shall not affect the appointment of any judge, officer or other person made before the repeal takes effect, but without prejudice to any provision of this Act abolishing any office or employment.

• (2) The repeals made by this Act shall not affect any pension or other right in respect of service before the repeal takes effect.

Jury service

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• (1) In relation to any person who, before the day appointed for the coming into force of section 44(1)(a) of this Act held office as a clerk of the peace or a deputy clerk of the peace, the repeal by this Act of—

• (a) section 9(2) of the Local Government (Clerks) Act 1931,

• (b) any provision of the Local Government Superannuation Act 1937,

• (C) any provision of the Local Government Superannuation Act 1953, and

• (d) sections 8 and 29 of the Administration of Justice Act 1964.

shall not affect the continued operation of those provisions or of any regulations made under them so far as they relate to rights accrued, contributions made and other things done before that day.

• (2) Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (1) above, for the purposes of—

• (a) any statutory provision contained in or made or issued under the Local Government Superannuation Acts 1937 to 1953, the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948 or Part III of the National Insurance Act 1965, which is in force at the passing of this Act, and

• (b) except as may be otherwise expressly provided therein, any enactments passed after the passing of this Act whereby any of those Acts is amended, extended or superseded, and any statutory instrument which after the passing of this Act is made or issued under any of those Acts or such an enactment,

in any case where, at the time after the day appointed for the purposes of section 44(1) of this Act, a court of quarter sessions would, if this Act had not been passed, have been the employing authority in relation to a clerk of the peace, deputy clerk of the peace or other officer of the court who before that day died while serving, or otherwise ceased to serve, in that employment, or in relation to the widow or any other dependant of such a person, the relevant local authority, as defined in sub-paragraph (3) below, shall be treated as being at that time the employing authority in relation to that person or, as the case may be, to that person’s widow or other dependant.

• (3) In sub-paragraph (2) above “the relevant local authority” means—

• (a) in relation to a person, or the widow or other dependant of a person, who was clerk of the peace or deputy clerk of the peace for a London commission area or who was otherwise an officer of the court of quarter sessions for such an area, the Greater London Council; and

• (b) in relation to any person, or the widow or other dependant of any person, not falling within paragraph (a) above, the county council which, immediately before the day appointed for the purposes of section 44(1) of this Act, defrayed expenditure of the court of quarter sessions concerned under section 29(9) of the Administration of Justice Act 1964.

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• (1) The Lord Chancellor may, with the concurrence of the Minister for the Civil Service, give a direction with respect to any clerk, bailiff, usher or messenger of a county court appointed by the registrar of that court under the proviso to section 28(1) of the County Courts Act 1959 (which relates to the case where the registrar’s salary includes the remuneration of any such officer) or deemed to have been so appointed by virtue of section 205 of that Act; and where a direction is so given then, subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, that person’s employment in court service shall be deemed for all purposes to be employment in the civil service of the State . . .

• (2) Except in so far as the Minister for the Civil Service directs in any case, no account shall be taken for the purposes of this paragraph of court service before the giving of the direction under sub-paragraph (1) above.

• (3) For the purpose of this paragraph “court service” means employment as a clerk, bailiff, usher or messenger in the service of a county court, whether or not combined with employment as a clerk in the service of a district registry of the High Court.

Seconding of staff from local or other authorities

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Editorial notes

[^c2070142]: Pt. 4 functions tranferred (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887, arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 1

[^c2070159]: S. 27 repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(1)(3), 110, Sch. 8 para. 139(a), Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)(aa) and s. 27(9) amended (with effect only until the aforementioned repeal comes fully into force in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 361 of the amending Act) by 2005 c. 4, ss. 15(1), 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 366; S.I. 2006/1014, arts. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(cc)

[^c2070481]: S. 28 repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 29), ss. 109(1)(3), 110, Sch. 8 para. 139(b), Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)(aa)

[^c2070482]: Words in s. 29 substituted (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), arts. 1(2), 9, Sch. 2 para. 2(1)

[^c2070488]: Words in s. 30 substituted (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), arts. 1(2), 9, Sch. 2 para. 2(1)

[^c2070489]: Words in s. 52(3)(b) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 29), ss. 109(1), 110, Sch. 8 para. 140(a); S.I. 2009/910, art. 3(y)

[^c2070493]: Words in s. 52(3) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 29), ss. 109(1), 110, Sch. 8 para. 140(b); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)

[^c2070498]: Word in Sch. 3 para. 2(1) substituted (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), arts. 1(2), 9, Sch. 2 para. 2(3)(a)

[^c2070500]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 5 substituted (19.8.2003) by The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1887), arts. 1(2), 9, Sch. 2 para. 2(3)(b)

[^c2070507]: Sch. 3 repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 29), ss. 109(1)(3), 110, Sch. 8 para. 139(c), Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)(aa)

[^c2070514]: Sch. 6 para. 7 repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), ss. 199, 201(2), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, arts. 1(2), 2(2) (with art. 4)

[^c2070515]: Sch. 6 para. 13 repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), ss. 199, 201(2), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, arts. 1(2), 2(2) (with art. 4)

[^c2070516]: Sch. 8 para. 42 repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), ss. 199, 201(2), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, arts. 1(2), 2(2) (with art. 4)

[^c2070517]: Sch. 8 para. 17 repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(3), 110, Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(aa)

[^c2070518]: Words in Sch. 8 para. 48(b) repealed (5.4.2004) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 332, 336, Sch. 37 Pt. 2; S.I. 2004/829, art. 2(2)(j)(I)(ii)

[^c2070530]: Sch. 8 para. 49 repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(3), 110, Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(aa)

[^c2070531]: S. 20(5)(6) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070583]: S. 41 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070584]: S. 42(1) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070585]: S. 42(4) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070586]: S. 43 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070589]: S. 53 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070592]: S. 55(4) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070625]: S. 59(2)-(4) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070632]: S. 59(5)(a) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070633]: S. 59(5)(e) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070634]: S. 59(6)(a) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070636]: Words in s. 59(6)(e) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070638]: Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070639]: Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 3(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070640]: Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 8 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070642]: Sch. 5 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070643]: Sch. 7 para. 4 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070645]: Sch. 7 para. 5 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070648]: Sch. 8 para. 14 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070649]: Sch. 8 Pt. 2 para. 55 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070650]: Sch. 8 Pt. 2 para. 59 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070651]: Sch. 8 Pt. 2 para. 60(1)(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070653]: Sch. 9 Pt. 1 entries repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070678]: Sch. 10 para. 1(3) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070684]: Sch. 10 para. 2 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070685]: Sch. 10 para. 3 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070686]: Sch. 10 para. 4 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070687]: Sch. 10 para. 5 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070688]: Sch. 10 para. 6 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070689]: Sch. 10 para. 7 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070690]: Sch. 10 para. 8 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070691]: Sch. 10 para. 10 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}

[^c2070692]: Sch. 10 para. 17 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 3}