PART IIFUNCTIONS OF RESIDENT MAGISTRATES AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE

Functions of resident magistrates and justices of the peace other than resident magistrates

Functions of resident magistrates and justices of the peace other than resident magistrates3

1

A resident magistrate sitting alone may, as well as exercising any function which is conferred by any enactment upon a resident magistrate or upon aF1 lay magistrate, exercise any function which under any enactment may be exercised by—

a

two or moreF1 lay magistrates; or

b

two or more resident magistrates.

2

AF1 lay magistrate may not sit in petty sessions and may exercise only such functions as are conferred upon aF1 lay magistrate under—

a

any enactment (including this Order) commencing on or after 1st January 1936; or

b

any enactment commencing before that day included in Part I of Schedule 1.

Local jurisdiction of justices of the peaceF24

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