Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 42 (C. 2)

The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions)Order 1995

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1995 No. 42 (C. 2)

MAGISTRATES' COURTS

The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions)Order 1995

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 94(2) and (5) of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994^[1], hereby makes the following Order—

    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995.

    (2)  This Order shall come into force on 3rd February 1995.

    2.    Subject to article 3, paragraph 19(1) and (2) of Schedule 8 to the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (amendments of section 59(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979^[2]) shall come into force by virtue of this Order.

    3.    Section 59(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 as amended by paragraph 19(1) and (2) of Schedule 8 of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 shall apply as regards the net cost to a responsible authority in any year of its functions under the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (Compensation) Regulations 1978^[3] only in respect of decisions on claims for compensation made by a determining authority under those Regulations on or after 3rd February 1995.

Mackay of Clashfern,
C.

Dated 12th January 1995

This Order brings into force on 3rd February 1995 paragraph 19(1) and (2) of Schedule 8 of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 which amends section 59(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979. This enables grant to be paid by the Lord Chancellor under that subsection to local authorities in respect of compensation for loss of office or employment or loss or diminution of emoluments by justices' clerks and their assistants under the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (Compensation) Regulations 1978. Under transitional provisions in article 3, grant is to be payable only in respect of decisions made on compensation claims by a determining authority (the appropriate magistrates' courts committee) on or after 3rd February 1995.

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement order made before the date of this Order:

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Sections 1 to 3 and Schedules 1 and 2 (partially) section 18 (partially), section 41, section 44 and Schedule 5 (partially), section 46, section 52 (partially), section 65, section 93 and Part I of Schedule 9 (partially).	8.8.94	1994/2025
Part III, section 93 and Part I of Schedule 9 (partially).	23.8.94	1994/2151
Section 4 (partially), section 8 (partially), section 10 (partially), section 11 (partially), sections 14 to 16 (partially), section 22, section 25, section 31 (partially), section 32, section 33, section 39 (partially), section 42, section 43 and Schedule 4 (partially), section 44 and Schedule 5 (partially), section 45 (partially), section 93 and Part I of Schedule 9 (partially).	1.10.94	1994/2025
Section 17 (partially), section 27 (partially), section 28 (partially).	1.11.94	1994/2025
Sections 69 to 71, section 74, section 78, section 79 (partially), sections 85 to 90, section 91(1) and Part I of Schedule 8 (partially), section 92, section 93 and Part II of Schedule 9 (partially).	1.11.94	1994/2594
Section 44 and Part I of Schedule 5 (partially), section 93 and Part I of Schedule 9 (partially).	31.12.94	1994/3262
Section 48 (partially), section 51 (partially), section 52(1), section 52(3) (partially), section 53(1), section 55(1) (partially), sections 56 to 58, section 59 (partially), section 62, section 63 (1), (6), (7)(b) and (9)(b), section 93 and Part I of Schedule 9 (partially).	1.1.95	1994/3075

The following provisions of the Act are to be brought into force after the date of the making of this Order by virtue of a commencement order made before the date of this Order:

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 59	1.4.95	1994/3075
Sections 1 to 12, sections 14 to 16, sections 20 and 21, sections 23 and 24, section 26, section 29, sections 30 and 31, section 39(2) and (3), section 40, sections 43 to 45, section 93 and Part I of Schedule 9 (partially), Schedules 1, 2 and 4, Parts I and II of Schedule 5 (partially).	1.4.95	1994/3262
Section 51	1.1.96	1994/3075

[1] 1994 c. 29. back

[2] 1979 c. 55. back

[3] S.I. 1978/1682, as varied by S.I. 1995/41. back