Justices of the Peace Act 1979

Justices of the Peace Act 1979

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to justices of the peace (including stipendiary magistrates), justices' clerks and the administrative and financial arrangements for magistrates' courts, and to matters connected therewith, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.
Citation	1979 c. 55
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	6 December 1979
Commencement	6 March 1980
Repealed	19 June 1997
Other legislation
Amends	See § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed enactments
Amended by	Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 Pilotage Act 1987 Legal Aid Act 1988 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989
Repealed by	Justices of the Peace Act 1997
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c. 55) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to justices of the peace (including stipendiary magistrates), justices' clerks, and the administrative and financial arrangements for magistrates' courts in England and Wales.

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 71(2)(b) of the act repealed 20 enactments, listed in schedule 3 to the act.

Enactments repealed by section 71(2)(b)

Citation	Short title	Extent of repeal
16 Geo. 2. c. 18	Justices Jurisdiction Act 1742	The whole act.
11 & 12 Vict. c. 44	Justices Protection Act 1848	The whole act.
21 & 22 Vict. c. 73	Stipendiary Magistrates Act 1858	The whole act except sections 7 and 15.
40 & 41 Vict. c. 43	Justices' Clerks Act 1877	The whole act so far as unrepealed.
51 & 52 Vict. c. 41	Local Government Act 1888	In section 42, subsection (12).
60 & 61 Vict. c. 26	Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1897	Section 1.
		Section 8.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 63	Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1938	In schedule 2, the entry relating to the Justices Protection Act 1848.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 101	Justices of the Peace Act 1949	Section 1.
		Section 3.
		Section 5.
		Section 13.
		In section 15, in subsection (5), the words from the beginning to "with the committee".
		Sections 16 to 19.
		In section 20, subsections (1), (2), (4), (5) and (7).
		Section 21.
		Section 23.
		Sections 25 to 27.
		Section 42.
		Section 44.
		Schedule 4.
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 55	Magistrates' Courts Act 1952	In section 116, subsection (1).
		In section 118, subsection (3) and, in subsection (4), the words from "but" onwards.
		In section 121, subsection (1).
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 45	Metropolitan Magistrates' Courts Act 1959	Section 2.
1964 c. 42	Administration of Justice Act 1964	Sections 2 and 3.
		Sections 9 and 10.
		Sections 13 to 17.
		Sections 27 and 28.
		Section 30.
		Section 32.
		Section 36.
		In section 37, subsection (4).
		In schedule 3, in paragraph 12, sub-paragraph (1); in paragraph 20, sub-paragraphs (6) and (7).
1965 c. 28	Justices of the Peace Act 1965	The whole act.
1968 c. 69	Justices of the Peace Act 1968	In section 1, subsections (2) and (3).
		Section 3.
		Section 5.
		Schedule 2.
		In schedule 3, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4(4) and Part III.
1971 c. 23	Courts Act 1971	In section 3, the words from "and commissions of the peace" onwards (but without prejudice to their operation in relation to any commission of the peace issued before the commencement of this act).
		In section 53(1), the words from the beginning to "schedule 7 to this act; and".
		In schedule 7, paragraphs 1 to 3.
		In schedule 8, in paragraph 43, sub-paragraphs (1), (3) and (4).
1972 c. 70	Local Government Act 1972	In section 216, in subsection (2), the words "217".
		In section 217, subsections (1) to (3), and subsection (5) so far as unrepealed.
		In schedule 27, paragraphs 1 to 15, paragraph 17 and paragraph 19.
1972 c. 71	Criminal Justice Act 1972	Sections 61 and 62.
1973 c. 15	Administration of Justice Act 1973	In section 1, subsections (1) to (8).
		In section 2, subsections (1) to (3) and subsections (5) to (7).
		Section 3.
		In section 20, subsections (3) and (4); subsection (5) except, in the proviso to that subsection, the words in paragraph (b) from the beginning to "metropolitan stipendiary magistrate"; and in subsection (6), the word "or" where it last occurs in paragraph (a) and the words from the beginning of paragraph (b) to the end of the subsection.
		In schedule 1, paragraphs 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9(1) and 12.
1975 c. 60	Social Security Pensions Act 1975	In schedule 4, paragraph 5.
1977 c. 38	Administration of Justice Act 1977	Section 21.
		In schedule 2, paragraph 5.
1978 c. 22	Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978	Section 86.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 73(3) of, and schedule 6 to, the Justices of the Peace Act 1997, which came into force on 19 June 1997.

External links

• Text of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.