Justices of the Peace Act 1997

Justices of the Peace Act 1997[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 and provisions of Part IV of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994.
Citation1997 c. 25
Territorial extent England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent19 March 1997
Commencement19 June 1997[c]
Repealed1 April 2005[d]
Other legislation
Amends
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byCourts Act 2003
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to justices of the peace in England and Wales.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 73(3) of the act repealed 22 enactments and revoked 9 instruments, listed in parts I and II of schedule 6 to the act, respectively.[2]

Part I — Repeals
Citation Short title Extent of repeal
1973 c. 15 Administration of Justice Act 1973 In Schedule 1, paragraph 3.
1979 c. 55 Justices of the Peace Act 1979 The whole act.
1980 c. 43 Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 In Schedule 7, paragraphs 55 and 191 to 197.
1982 c. 53 Administration of Justice Act 1982 Section 65.
1985 c. 51 Local Government Act 1985 Section 12.
Section 60(6).
In Schedule 14, paragraph 57.
1988 c. 4 Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 In Schedule 6, paragraph 20.
1988 c. 33 Criminal Justice Act 1988 Section 164.
In Schedule 15, paragraph 63.
1988 c. 41 Local Government Finance Act 1988 In Schedule 12, paragraph 2.
1988 c. 50 Housing Act 1988 In Schedule 17, paragraph 27.
1989 c. 41 Children Act 1989 In Schedule 11, paragraph 7.
1989 c. 43 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 In Schedule 2, paragraph 3.
1990 c. 41 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 Section 108.
Section 117.
In Schedule 10, paragraphs 44 and 45.
1991 c. 17 Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991 In Schedule 2, paragraph 4.
1991 c. 53 Criminal Justice Act 1991 Section 93(3) and (4).
In section 99(1), the definition of "the 1979 Act".
In Schedule 11, paragraph 40(2)(k).
1992 c. 14 Local Government Finance Act 1992 In Schedule 13, paragraph 48.
1993 c. 8 Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 In Schedule 6, paragraph 19.
1994 c. 19 Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 In Schedule 2, paragraph 10.
1994 c. 29 Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 Sections 69 to 90 and 91(2) and (3).
In Schedule 4, paragraph 54.
Schedule 7.
In Schedule 8, Part I.
1995 c. 25 Environment Act 1995 In Schedule 10, paragraph 19.
1995 c. 26 Pensions Act 1995 In Schedule 5, paragraph 8.
1996 c. 16 Police Act 1996 In Schedule 7, paragraph 1(2)(o).
1996 c. 25 Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 Section 70.
Part II — Revocations
Citation Short title Extent of repeal
SI 1985/1383 Local Government (Magistrates' Courts etc.) Order 1985 In the Schedule, paragraph 3.
SI 1990/531 Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (Amendment) Order 1990 The whole order.
SI 1994/2594 Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1994 The whole order.
SI 1995/42 Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 The whole order.
SI 1995/685 Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 The whole order.
SI 1996/674 Local Government Changes for England (Magistrates' Courts) Regulations 1996 In the Schedule, paragraphs 1 and 4(2).
SI 1996/675 Magistrates' Courts (Wales) (Consequences of Local Government Changes) Order 1996 In the Schedule, paragraph 1.
SI 1996/676 Commission Areas (Gwent, Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan) Order 1996 The whole order.
SI 1996/1924 Maximum Number of Stipendiary Magistrates Order 1996 The whole Order.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 109(3) of, and schedule 10 to, the Courts Act 2003, which came into force on 1 April 2005.[e][3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 75(1).
  2. ↑ Section 75(5).
  3. ↑ Section 74(1).
  4. ↑ The Courts Act 2003 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2005 (SI 2005/910).
  5. ↑ The Courts Act 2003 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2005 (SI 2005/910).

References

  1. ↑ Skyrme, Thomas (1994). History of the Justices of the Peace. Chichester: Barry Rose Law Publishers. ISBN 978-1-872328-17-1.
  2. ↑ "Justices of the Peace Act 1997", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1997 c. 25
  3. ↑ "Courts Act 2003", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2003 c. 39
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