SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8Minor and consequential amendments
Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)
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Amend section 144 (rule committee) as follows.
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In subsection (1), after “prescribing” insert
except in relation to—
a
any criminal cause or matter, or
b
family proceedings,
and for “and justices' chief executives” substitute “
and designated officers for magistrates' courts
”
.
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In subsection (2), omit “the President of the Family Division of the High Court, the Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate)”.
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Omit subsection (5).