
1 
This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Remands in Custody) Order 1989 and shall come into force on the twenty first day after the day on which it is made.
2 
Section 128A of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (remands in custody for more than eight days) shall have effect in the following areas, which are petty sessions areas within the meaning of section 4 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979,–
 the petty sessional division of East Central,
 the outer London borough of Croydon,
 the metropolitan district of Manchester, and
 the petty sessional division of Nottingham,
 in relation to any accused person who has attained the age of 17.
Douglas Hurd
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
12th June 1989