
1 
This Order may be cited as the Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.
2 
The amendments of subordinate legislation in the Schedule to this Order have effect.
3 
The Magistrates' Courts (Remands in Custody) Order 1989 is hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Christopher Leslie
Parliamentary Under Secretary
Department for Constitutional Affairs
9th March 2005
SCHEDULE
Article 2
1 
In rule 1, for “justices' chief executive for the petty sessions area” substitute “designated officer for the local justice area”.
2 
In rules 2A and 3, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for a local justice area”.
3 
In rules 5A(4) (in the first place) and 6A(3) (in the first place) and in the definition of “file” in paragraph 1 of the Schedule, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for a magistrates' court”.
4 
In rules 4, 5, 5A(2) and (4) (in the second place), 6, 6A(3)(b) and 7 and paragraphs 2(1)(b) and (2), 4(1) and (4), 5(3) (in the first place) and (5)(c)(ii), 7(3) and 8(1) of the Schedule, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
5 
In paragraph 1 of the Schedule, omit the definition of “justices' chief executive”.
6 
For “justices' chief executive” in other places in these Rules substitute “designated officer”.
7 
In paragraph 12(2) of the Schedule, for “magistrates' courts committee” substitute “Lord Chancellor”.
8 
In these Rules, for “justices' chief executive” (in each place) substitute “designated officer”.
9 
In rules 1(1) and (4), 2(1) and 5(1), for “acting for the same place” substitute “acting in the same place”.
10 
In the Schedule—
(a) in Forms 1 and 2, for “Petty Sessional Division” substitute “Local Justice Area” and for “Justices' Chief Executive” (in each place) substitute “Designated Officer”; and
(b) in Form 4, for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “Designated Officer for the Court”.
11 
In rule 1—
(a) after paragraph (1), insert the following paragraph:“
(1A) In respect of the next meeting to be held after 1st April 2005 as provided in paragraph (1) above and in every third year thereafter, that paragraph shall have effect as if the reference to “of each petty sessions area” were a reference to “for each local justice area” and a panel in being on that date shall have effect as the panel for the local justice area corresponding (in accordance with the first order made under section 8 of the Courts Act 2003) to the petty sessions area for which it was formed.”;
(b) in paragraphs (2), (3) and (5)(a) (in both places), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”;
(c) omit paragraph (4) and the words “except as provided in paragraph (4) of this Rule” in paragraph (2); and
(d) in paragraph (5)—
(i) in subparagraph (b), at the end insert “and are assigned to the first area by the Lord Chancellor”; and
(ii) omit subparagraph (d).
12 
In rules 3, 6 and 9(1), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
13 
In rule 14(1), omit the words from “and, in relation to” to the end”.
14 
In these Rules, for “justices' chief executive” (in each place) substitute “designated officer”.
15 
In the Schedule—
(a) for “JUSTICES' CHIEF EXECUTIVE” (in each place) substitute “DESIGNATED OFFICER”;
(b) for “Justices' Chief Executive” (in each place) and “Chief Executive” substitute “Designated Officer”; and
(c) for “Petty Sessional Division” (in each place) substitute “Local Justice Area”.
16 
In regulations 1(1) and 2(1), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
17 
In the Schedule—
(a) in Forms 1 to 6 and 9 to 12,  for “Petty Sessional Division” substitute “Local Justice Area”; and
(b) in Forms 7 and 8, for “PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION” substitute “LOCAL JUSTICE AREA”.
18 
In regulation 1(a), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
19 
In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “determining authority” for the words from “means” to the end substitute “means the Lord Chancellor”.
20 
In rules 3(2) and (3), 4(1) and 5B (in the second place), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
21 
In rule 5B, for “justices' chief executive” (in the first place) substitute “designated officer for the magistrates' court”.
22 
In Schedule 1 to these Rules for “justices' chief executive” (in each place) substitute “designated officer” and for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “Designated Officer”.
23 
In these Regulations, for “petty sessions area” (in each place) substitute “local justice area”.
24 
In these Regulations, for “petty sessions area” (in each place) substitute “local justice area”.
25 
In these Regulations, for “petty sessions area” (in each place) substitute “local justice area”.
26 
In these Rules (in each place)—
(a) for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”;
(b) for “acting for” substitute “acting in”; and
(c) for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
27 
In rule 9(2), for “for which the justice is acting” substitute “in which the justice is acting”.
28 
In rule 16(1), for “for which the second mentioned court acted” substitute “in which the second mentioned court acted”.
29 
In Form 2 in Schedule 1, for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “Designated Officer”.
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31 
In article 4(2)(f), omit ‘“justices' chief executive”’ and for “chief executive to” substitute “designated officer for”.
32 
In article 14, for “justices' chief executives” substitute “designated officers for licensing justices”.
33 
In the definition of “the court’s register” in rule 2(1), for “a justices' chief executive, means the register kept by the justices' chief executive” substitute “the designated officer for a magistrates' court, means the register kept by the designated officer”.
34 
In rules 4A(3) (in the first place), 7(2) (in the first place), 8(1), 9(1A) (in the first place) and (2), 13(1) and (3) and 14(1) and (2) (in the first place) and in the definition of “file” in paragraph 1 of Schedule A1, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for a magistrates' court”.
35 
In rules 4B(2)(b), 8(2), 9B(1) and 12 (in each place) and paragraphs 2(1)(b), 4(1) and (4), 5(3) (in the first place) and (5)(c)(ii), 7(3) and 8(1) of Schedule A1, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
36 
In paragraph 1 of Schedule A1, omit the definition of “justices' chief executive”.
37 
For “justices' chief executive” in other places in these Rules substitute “designated officer”.
38 
In paragraph 12(2) of Schedule A1, for “magistrates' courts committee” substitute “Lord Chancellor”.
39 
In rule 5(1), omit “for the commission area in which the applicant or any respondent resides”.
40 
In the definition of “the court’s register” in rule 2(1), for “a justices' chief executive, means the register kept by the justices' chief executive” substitute “the designated officer for a magistrates' court, means the register kept by the designated officer”.
41 
In rules 4A(2) (in the first place), 8(1) and 13 (in each place) and in the definition of “file” in paragraph 1 of Schedule A1, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for a magistrates' court”.
42 
In rules 9(2), 10(1A), (2) and (3) and 12 and paragraphs 2(1)(b), 4(1) and (4), 5(3) (in the first place) and (5)(c)(ii), 7(3) and 8(1) of Schedule A1, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
43 
In paragraph 1 of Schedule A1, omit the definition of “justices' chief executive”.
44 
For “justices' chief executive” in other places in these Rules substitute “designated officer”.
45 
In rule 14(1), for “petty sessions area for which the court acts” substitute “local justice area in which the court acts”.
46 
In paragraph 12(2) of Schedule A1, for “magistrates' courts committee” substitute “Lord Chancellor”.
47 
In the Schedule (in both places), for “J.C.E.” substitute “D.O.” and for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “Designated Officer for the Court”.
48 
In the definition of “the court’s register” in rule 2(1), for “a justices' chief executive, means the register kept by the justices' chief executive” substitute “the designated officer for a magistrates' court, means the register kept by the designated officer”.
49 
In rules 3A(1) (in the first place), 5(2), 6(1) and (2), 7(1) and (2) and 10(1) and in the definition of “file” in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for a magistrates' court”.
50 
In rules 3A(1)(b), 4, 5A, 7A(1), 7B(3) and 8(1) and paragraphs 5(1), 4(1) and (4), 5(3) (in the first place) and (5)(c)(ii), 7(3) and 8(1) of Schedule 2, for “justices' chief executive” and in rule 7B(3)(b) for “justices' chief Executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
51 
In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, omit the definition of “justices' chief executive”.
52 
For “justices' chief executive” in other places in these Rules substitute “designated officer”.
53 
In paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 2, for “magistrates' courts committee” substitute “Lord Chancellor”.
54 
In Schedule 1, for “J.C.E.” substitute “D.O.” and for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “Designated Officer for the Court”.
55 
In paragraph 4 of Part II of Schedule 1, for “Justices' chief executives” substitute “Designated officers for magistrates' courts, for justices of the peace or for local justice areas”.
56 
In regulations 3(4), 40(1)(a)(ix) and 85(2)(b), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
57 
In regulation 19—
(a) omit paragraph (1) of Part 1; and
(b) in paragraph (2), for “petty sessions area” (in each place) substitute “local justice area”.
58 
In the heading of Schedule 1, for “Petty Sessions Areas” substitute “Local Justice Areas” and in the heading of each part of that schedule, for “Petty Sessions Area” substitute “Local Justice Area” and in that schedule—
(a) in paragraph 1 of Part I—
(i) in the definition of “transferred area”, for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”; and
(ii) in the definitions of “the transferor area” and “the transferee area”, for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area” and for “act for such petty sessions area” substitute “act in such local justice area”; and
(b) in paragraph 6 of Part I, for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”;
(c) in paragraphs 1 (in both places) and 4 of Part II, for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”; and
(d) in paragraph 1 of Part III, omit subparagraphs (d) and (iv).
59 
In rule 2(1), omit the definition of “magistrates' courts committee” and, in rule 2A(1)(a), “whether or not with the same magistrates' courts committee”.
60 
In the definition of “the court’s register” in rule 2, for “a justices' chief executive, means the register kept by the justices' chief executive” substitute “the designated officer for a magistrates' court, means the register kept by the designated officer”.
61 
In rules 4A(3) (in the first place), 5(1), 10(1) and (2) and 11 and in the definition of “file” in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1A, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for a magistrates' court”.
62 
In rules 5(3), 7(2), 8(1A) and (2), 8B(1) and paragraphs 2(1)(b), 4(1) and (4), 5(3) (in the first place) and (5)(c)(ii), 7(3) and 8(1) of Schedule 1A, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
63 
In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1A, omit the definition of “justices' chief executive”.
64 
For “justices' chief executive” in other places in these Rules substitute “designated officer”.
65 
In rule 12(1), for “petty sessions area for which the court acts” substitute “local justice area in which the court acts”.
66 
In paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 1A, for “magistrates' courts committee” substitute “Lord Chancellor”.
67 
In Schedule 2 (in each place), for “J.C.E.” substitute “D.O.” and for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “Designated Officer for the Court”.
68 
In rule 4A(4), for “chief executive to” substitute “designated officer for”.
69 
In rule 32(1)(a), for “petty sessions area for which the court is acting” substitute “local justice area in which the court is acting”.
70 
In rule 41—
(a) in paragraph (1)(a), for “appointed for the commission area” substitute “acting in the local justice area”;
(b) in paragraph (2)—
(i) for “acting for the same petty sessions area” substitute “acting in the same local justice area”; and
(ii) for “acting for the petty sessions area” substitute “acting in the local justice area”;
(c) in paragraph (3), for “acting for the same petty sessions area” substitute “acting in the same local justice area”;
(d) in paragraph (4)—
(i) for “acting for the same petty sessions area” substitute “acting in the same local justice area”;
(ii) for “petty sessions area” (in the second place) substitute “local justice area”; and
(iii) for “acting for that other petty sessions area” substitute “acting in that other local justice area”;
(e) in paragraph (5)—
(i) for “petty sessions area for which the justice is acting” substitute “local justice area in which the justice is acting”;
(ii) for “petty sessions areas” substitute “local justice areas”; and
(iii) for “petty sessions area” (in the second place) substitute “local justice area”;
(f) in paragraph (7)—
(i) for “acting for a petty sessions area other than that for which the responsible court acts” substitute “acting in a local justice area other than that in which the responsible court acts”;
(ii) for “acting for that other petty sessions area” substitute “acting in that other local justice area”; and
(iii) for “acting for the same petty sessions area” substitute “acting in the same local justice area”; and
(g) in paragraph (8), for “that chief executive” substitute “that designated officer”.
71 
In rule 55, for “that chief executive” substitute “that designated officer”.
72 
In rule 57A(1)—
(a) for “a justices' chief executive” substitute “the designated officer for a magistrates' court”; and
(b) for “justices' chief executive” in subparagraphs (f) and (g) substitute “designated officer for the court”.
73 
In rule 58(3), for “commission area for which the justice issuing the summons acted” substitute “local justice area in which the justice issuing the summons acted”.
74 
In rule 59—
(a) in paragraph (1)(a)(ii), for “petty sessions area other than that for which the court acts” substitute “local justice area other than that in which the court acts”;
(b) in paragraph (1)(a)(iii), for “acting for that petty sessions area” substitute “acting in that local justice area”; and
(c) in paragraph (2)—
(i) for “petty sessions area other than that for which the justice is acting” substitute “local justice area other than that in which the justice is acting”;
(ii) for “acting for that area” substitute “acting in that area”; and
(iii) for “acting for that other petty sessions area” substitute “acting in that other local justice area”.
75 
In rules 60(2), 63(1) and 74(4), for “that chief executive” substitute “that designated officer”.
76 
In rule 72A, for “justices' chief executive”—
(a) in paragraph (1), substitute “designated officer for the magistrates' court”; and
(b) in paragraphs (2) to (5), substitute “designated officer for the court”.
77 
In rule 82—
(a) for “acting for any petty sessions area” substitute “acting in any local justice area”;
(b) for “acting for any other petty sessions area” substitute “acting in any other local justice area”; and
(c) for “acting for that other petty sessions area” substitute “acting in that other local justice area”.
78 
In rule 84A(2)(b), for “acting for the petty sessions area” substitute “acting in the local justice area”.
79 
In rule 86(1)(b), for “a justices' chief executive” substitute “the designated officer for a magistrates' court”.
80 
In rule 92, for “acting for the same petty sessions area as that for which the justice acts” substitute “acting in the same local justice area as that in which the justice acts”.
81 
In rule 93B—
(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “acting for the petty sessions area” substitute “acting in the local justice area”; and
(b) in paragraph (3)(b), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for that magistrates' court”.
82 
In rule 95A, for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
83 
In rule 101(2), for “acting for the petty sessions area for which the justice is acting” substitute “acting in the local justice area in which the justice is acting”.
84 
In rule 106(2)(b), for “acting for the same petty sessions area as that of the court” substitute “acting in the same local justice area as that of the court”.
85 
For “justices' chief executive” in other places in these Rules substitute “designated officer”.
86 
In Schedule 2—
(a) in Form 13 for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”;
(b) in Form 25, for “Chief Executive to” substitute “Designated Officer for”;
(c) in Form 92I, for “Petty sessions area” substitute “Local justice area”; and
(d) in Form 155, for “acting in and for the Petty Sessional Division” substitute “acting in the Local Justice Area”.
87 
In these Rules (in each place), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
88 
In rules 3(2) and (3) and 4(1)(a) and (b), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
89 
In rules 7(2)(b) and (7)(c), 8(d) and 11(2)(b), for “chief executive to” substitute “designated officer for”.
90 
In Schedule 10, for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “Designated Officer”.
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95 
In rule 6, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
96 
In rule 8(1), (3) and (4), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
97 
In regulation 5(3), for “justices' chief executive” (in the first place) substitute “the designated officer for a magistrates' court” and for “justices' chief executive” (in the second place) substitute “designated officer”.
98 
In regulation 8, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
99 
In regulations 6(2) and 8(1), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
100 
In Form 2.1B in Schedule 4, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
101 
In the definition of “the court’s register” in rule 2, for “a justices' chief executive, means the register kept by the justices' chief executive” substitute “the designated officer for a magistrates' court, means the register kept by the designated officer”.
102 
In rule 4(1) and (1A), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for a magistrates' court”.
103 
In rules 4(2), 6A, 10 (in each place) and 11(2)(b) and (3)(a) and (b), (4), (5) and (6), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
104 
For “justices' chief executive” in other places in these Rules substitute “designated officer”.
105 
In these Rules for “justices' chief executive” (in each place) substitute “designated officer”.
106 
In rule 2(1), omit the definition of “commission area”
107 
In the Schedule—
(a) in Form 1, for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “Designated Officer”; and
(b) in Form 2, for “Justices' Chief Executive” (in both places) substitute “Designated Officer”.
108 
In these Rules, for “justices' chief executive” (in each place) substitute “designated officer”.
109 
In regulation 54(4), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the magistrates' court”.
110 
In regulation 89(a), for “justices' chief executive” (in the first place) substitute “designated officer for the magistrates court” and for “justices' chief executive” (in the second place) substitute “designated officer”.
111 
In regulation 31(1), for “justices' chief executive” (in the first place) substitute “designated officer for the magistrates' court” and for “justices' chief executive” (in the second place) substitute “designated officer”.
112 
In paragraphs 2 and 4 of Schedule 5, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
113 
In regulation 3(1), omit the definition of “justices' chief executive” and after the definition of “the Crime Franchise Panel” insert the following definition:
 ‘“designated officer” includes a person duly authorised by the designated officer of a magistrates' court to act on his behalf to the extent that he is so authorised’.
114 
In regulations 16(1), 17(4)(b) and 18 (1)(b), (c), (d) and (f), for “justices' chief executive of” substitute “designated officer for”.
115 
In regulations 12(1) (in the first place), 13 (in the first place), 15(1), 17(3) (in the first place), 19(1) (in the first place), 20 (in the first place), 40(1A) and 51(4)(b) and (c), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for a magistrates' court”.
116 
In regulations 11 (in each place), 14(1), (3), (4) and (7), 18(1) (in the last place) and (3), 19(1) (in the second and third places) and 20 (in the second place), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
117 
For “justices' chief executive” in other places in these Regulations substitute “designated officer”.
118 
In Schedule 2, for “Justices' Chief Executive” (in each place) substitute “Designated Officer for the Court”.
119 
In regulation 21, omit paragraphs (1) and (1A).
120 
In regulation 23(4), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
121 
In rule 4(1), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court” and in rule 4(4), for “justices' chief executive” (in both places) substitute “designated officer”.
122 
In rule 3(b), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court” and in rule 4, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
123 
In rules 3, 7 and 9(1) and (4), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
124 
In rule 5, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
125 
In rule 6(1), omit “petty-sessional”.
126 
In these Rules, for “justices' chief executive” (in each place) substitute “designated officer”.
127 
In rule 4.22(2A)(a), for “petty sessions area or London commission area” substitute “local justice area”.
128 
In these Rules, for “justices' chief executive” (in each place except rule 1(2)) substitute “designated officer for the court”.
129 
In rule 1(2)—
(a) in the definition of “file”, for “justices chief executive” substitute “designated officer for a magistrates' court”; and
(b) omit the definition of “justices' chief executive”.
130 
In rule 21H(1), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
131 
In rule 32(2), for “magistrates' courts committee” substitute “Lord Chancellor”.
132 
In rule 2—
(a) in paragraph (1), omit the definition of “commission area” and before the definition of “panel” insert the following definition:
 ‘“local justice area” has the same meaning as in the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39);’; and
(b) In paragraph (2), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area” and for “who ordinarily acts in and for” substitute “assigned to”.
133 
In rule 3, for “Greater London Commission Area” substitute “Greater London”.
134 
In rule 4—
(a) after paragraph (2) insert the following paragraph:“
(2A) In respect of the next meeting to be held after 1st April 2005 as provided in paragraph (2) above and in every third year thereafter, that paragraph shall have effect as if the reference to “each petty sessions area” were a reference to “each local justice area” and a panel in being on that date shall have effect as the panel for the local justice area corresponding (in accordance with the first order made under section 8 of the Courts Act 2003) to the petty sessions area for which it was formed.”; and
(b) in paragraphs (3) and (4), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
135 
In rule 5—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in subparagraph (a) for “of the petty sessions area” substitute “for the local justice area”; and
(ii) at the end of subparagraph (b) after the semi-colon insert “and” and for subparagraphs (c) and (d) substitute:“
(c) he has indicated that he is willing to serve as a member of the panel.”;
(b) in paragraph (3), for “petty sessions area or areas which is situated in the commission area or areas to which he is appointed” substitute “local justice area or areas in which he acts as a justice of the peace”.
136 
In rule 6, for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
137 
In rule 7—
(a) omit paragraph (1);
(b) for paragraph (2) substitute the following paragraph:“
(2) A designated officer for one local justice area (“the first local justice area”) may make a request to the designated officer for another local justice area (“the second local justice area”) for the temporary transfer of one or more justices from the panel for the second local justice area to the panel for the first local justice area for the purpose of hearing family proceedings specified in the request.”;
(c) in paragraph (3), for “justices' chief executive for the second commission area” substitute “designated officer for the second local justice area”;
(d) in paragraph (4), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”;
(e) in paragraph (5), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”; and
(f) In paragraph (6), for “a petty sessions area in a different commission area if the Lord Chancellor appoints the justice nominated for the transfer to the commission area within which the petty sessions area falls” substitute “another local justice area if the justice nominated for the transfer is assigned to that area by the Lord Chancellor”.
138 
In rule 8(2) and in rule 9(1), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the local justice area”.
139 
In rule 11—
(a) for paragraph (2) substitute the following paragraph:“
(2) The Lord Chancellor may make a direction for the formation or dissolution of a combined panel in respect of two or more local justice areas.”;
(b) after paragraph (2) insert the following paragraph:“
(2A) A combined panel in being on 1st April 2005 shall have effect as the combined panel for the local justice areas corresponding to the petty sessions areas for which it was formed.”;
(c) in paragraph (3)—
(i) for “magistrates' courts committee” substitute “Lord Chancellor”;
(ii) for “petty sessions area specified in the direction for which it  acts” substitute “local justice area specified in the direction”;
(d) in paragraph (4), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”;
(e) omit paragraphs (5) and (8);
(f) in paragraph (6)(a), for “magistrates' courts committee” substitute “Lord Chancellor” and in that paragraph and in paragraphs (6)(b), (11) and (12), for “petty sessions areas” substitute “local justice areas”;
(g) for paragraph (7) substitute the following paragraph:“
(7) A direction for the formation or dissolution of a combined family panel under paragraph (2) shall have effect on 1st January in the year following the next October meeting of the justices for each of the areas concerned held in accordance with rules made under section 17 of the Courts Act 2003 for the purpose of electing a chairman of the justices.”
(h) in paragraph (9)—
(i) for “A magistrates' courts committee which has made a direction for the formation of a combined panel may” substitute “Where the Lord Chancellor has made a direction for the formation of a combined panel he may”; and
(ii) for “petty sessions area or petty sessions areas” substitute “local justice area or local justice areas”; and
(i) in paragraph (10), omit the words from “or, in the case of a direction” to the end.
140 
In rule 12—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) for “a magistrates' courts committee” substitute “the Lord Chancellor”;
(ii) for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”;
(iii) for “petty sessions areas” substitute “local justice areas”; and
(iv) omit “rule 4(1) or, where that term has expired,”.
(b) for paragraph (2) substitute the following paragraph:“
(2) The meeting referred to in paragraph (1) shall be the meeting referred to in rule 11(7).”
(c) in paragraph (3), for “5(1)(b) to (d)” substitute “5(1)(b) to (c)”
(d) in paragraphs (4)(a), (b) and (c), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”; and
(e) in paragraph (4)(d), for “petty sessions areas” (in both places) substitute “local justice areas”.
141 
In rule 13—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) for “a magistrates' courts committee” substitute “the Lord Chancellor”;
(ii) for “petty sessions area” (in both places) substitute “local justice area”; and
(iii) omit “rule 4(1) or, where that term has expired,”; and
(b) for paragraph (2) substitute the following paragraph:“
(2) The meeting referred to in paragraph (1) shall be the meeting of justices referred to in rule 11(7).”.
142 
In the definition of “file” in rule 2(1) and in rule 3(2) (in the first place), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for a magistrates' court”.
143 
In these Rules (except rules 2(1) and 3(2)), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
144 
In rule 15(2), for “Magistrates' Courts Committee” substitute “Lord Chancellor”.
145 
In rule 22(2)(a)(ii), for “acting for the same petty sessions area” substitute “acting in the same local justice area”.
146 
In Forms 7 and FL 416 in Schedule 1, for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “Designated Officer for the Court”.
147 
In rule 2(5), (6) and (8), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the magistrates' court”.
148 
In rule 3(4), (5) and (6), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
149 
In Part I of Schedule 1, for subparagraph (f) of paragraph 21 substitute the following subparagraph:“
(f) in paragraph 8(1)—
(i) for the words “England or Wales”, where it first occurs, substitute “the Isle of Man”; and
(ii) omit the words from “in England or Wales” to the end;”
150 
In article 2, for the words from “those petty sessions areas” to the end substitute “local justice areas, within the meaning of the Courts Act 2003”.
151 
In regulation 53, omit paragraphs (1) and (1A).
152 
In regulation 57(3), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
153 
In the table in article 2(2), for “Forms A to D in Part II” (in respect of Commissions of the Peace) substitute “Forms A and D in Part II”.
154 
In Part II of the Schedule—
(a) omit Form B; and
(b) for the heading to Form A (Commissions of the Peace: England (outside London) and Wales) substitute the following heading“
 Commission of the Peace: England and Wales”;
 and in that form, for “the commission area of” and “the said commission area” (in each place) substitute “England and Wales”.
155 
In regulation 2(3)(a), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
156 
In rule 3(1)(a), (3) and (4), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
157 
In rules 3, 4 and 6, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
158 
In rules 14(1) and 27(1)(a), (3) and (4), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
159 
In regulations 5(4)(a)(iii) and 6(2)(a)(iii), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
160 
In Schedule 3 (Part I of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 applied as modified by Schedule 2 of the Order)—
(a) in section 8 (enforcement of maintenance order registered in United Kingdom court)—
(i) in subsection (3A), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”; and
(ii) in subsection (4A) (in the provisions substituted in section 76 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (“the 1980 Act”)), in subsection (5)(a) and (b), for “a justices' chief executive” substitute “the designated officer for the court or for any other magistrates' court”;
(b) in section 9(1ZA) (variation of maintenance order registered in United Kingdom court)—
(a) in paragraphs (a) and (b) (in the subsection (3A) inserted, and the subsection (4)(b) substituted, in section 60 of the 1980 Act), for “a justices' chief executive” (in each place) substitute “the designated officer for the court or for any other magistrates' court”; and
(b) in paragraph (c), for “to the clerk” (substituted in subsection (5) of section 60 of the 1980 Act) substitute “to the designated officer for the court”.
(c) in section 17(4) (proceedings in magistrates' courts), for “acting for the same petty sessions area (or, in Northern Ireland, petty sessions district” substitute “acting in the same local justice area (or, in Northern Ireland, acting for the same petty sessions district”;
(d) in section 18 (magistrates' courts rules)—
(i) in subsection (1), for the words preceding paragraph (a) substitute “Rules of court may make provision with respect to—” and in that paragraph, for “acting for a particular petty sessions area” substitute “acting in a particular local justice area” and for “acting for such other petty sessions area” substitute “acting in such other local justice area”; and
(ii) in subsection (1A), for “rules made under section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980” substitute “rules of court”; and
(e) in the definition of “prescribed” in section 21(1) omit—
(i) “in England and Wales or”,
(ii) “by rules made under section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 or”, and
(iii) “as the case may be”.
161 
In Schedule 2 (Part I of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 applied as modified by Schedule 1)—
(a) in section 8 (enforcement of maintenance order registered in United Kingdom court)—
(i) in subsection (3A)(a), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”; and
(ii) in subsection (4A) (in the provisions substituted in section 76 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980), in subsections (5)(a) and (b), for “a justices' chief executive” substitute “the designated officer for the court or for any other magistrates' court”;
(b) in section 17(4) (proceedings in magistrates' courts), for “acting for the same petty sessions area (or, in Northern Ireland, petty sessions district” substitute “acting in the same local justice area (or, in Northern Ireland, for the same petty sessions district”; and
(c) in section 18 (magistrates' courts rules)—
(i) in subsection (1), for the words preceding paragraph (a) substitute “Rules of court may make provision with respect to—”, and in that paragraph for “acting for a particular petty sessions area” substitute “acting in a particular local justice area” and for “acting for such other petty sessions area” substitute “acting in such other local justice area”; and
(ii) in subsection (1A), for “rules made under section 144 of the   Magistrates' Courts Act 1980” substitute “rules of court”; and
(d) in the definition of “prescribed” in section 21(1) (interpretation of Part I) omit—
(i) “in England and Wales or”,
(ii) “by rules made under section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 or”, and
(iii) “as the case may be”.
162 
In these Rules, for “justices' chief executive” (in each place) substitute “designated officer for the court”.
163 
In Schedule 3 (Part I of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 applied as modified by Schedule 2 of the Order)—
(a) in section 8 (enforcement of maintenance orders registered in United Kingdom court)—
(i) in subsection (3A)(a), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”; and
(ii) in subsection (4A) (in the provisions substituted in section 76 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (“the 1980 Act”)), in subsection (5)(a) and (b), for “a justices' chief executive” substitute “the designated officer for the court or for any other magistrates' court”;
(b) in section 9(1ZA) (variation of maintenance order registered in United Kingdom court)—
(i) in paragraph (a) (in the subsection (3A) inserted, and in subsection (4)(b) substituted, in section 60 of the 1980 Act), for “a justices' chief executive” (in each place) substitute “the designated officer for the court or for any other magistrates' court”; and
(ii) in paragraph (c), for “to the clerk” (substituted in subsection (5) of section 60 of the 1980 Act) substitute “to the designated officer for the court”;
(c) in section 17(4) (proceedings in magistrates' courts), for “acting for the same petty sessions area (or, in Northern Ireland, petty sessions district” substitute “acting in the same local justice area (or, in Northern Ireland, acting for the same petty sessions district”;
(d) in section 18 (magistrates' courts rules)—
(i) in subsection (1), for the words preceding paragraph (a) substitute “Rules of court may make provision with respect to”; and in  that paragraph, for “acting for a particular petty sessions area” substitute “acting in a particular local justice area” and for “acting for such other petty sessions area” substitute “acting in such other local justice area”; and
(ii) in subsection (1A), for “rules made under section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980” substitute “rules of court”; and
(e) in the definition of “prescribed” in section 21(1) (interpretation of Part I), omit—
(i) “in England and Wales or”,
(ii) “by rules made under section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 or”, and
(iii) “as the case may be”.
164 
In article 7(2)(c) and (d), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
165 
In article 14(2), for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “Designated Officer”.
166 
In article 7(2)(c) and (d), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
167 
In article 14(2), for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “Designated Officer”.
168 
In these Rules, for “justices' chief executive” (in each place) substitute “designated officer”.
169 
In these Rules, for “justices' chief executive” (in each place) substitute “designated officer”.
170 
In these Rules, for “justices' chief executive” (in each place) substitute “designated officer”.
171 
In regulation 14(5)(a), omit “acting for the petty sessions area in which any relevant workplace is situated”.
172 
In regulation 3(2)(n), for “justices' chief executive for each petty sessions area within the meaning of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997” substitute “designated officer for each local justice area within the meaning of the Courts Act 2003”.
173 
In article 3(2)(g), for “a magistrates' courts committee for an area any part of which is within that area” substitute “the Lord Chancellor”.
174 
In paragraphs 5(6), 6(6) and 7(6) of Schedule 1, for “petty sessions area” (in both places) substitute “local justice area”.
175 
In Schedule 1, in RSC Order 79, paragraphs (6)(b), (8)(b) and (10)(b) of rule 9, RSC Order 109, paragraph (5) of rule 4 and RSC Order 116, paragraph (14)(a) of rule 10, for “justices chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
176 
In Schedule 2, in CCR Order 27—
(a) paragraph (1)(b) of rule 4, for “justices' chief executive” and “chief executive” substitute “designated officer”; and
(b) paragraph (3) of rule 10, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
177 
In rules 3(1) and 4(2)(a), (3)(b) and (4), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court” and in rule 4(5), for “justices' chief executive's” substitute “designated officer's”.
178 
In paragraphs 9 and 10(2) and (3) of Schedule 3, for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
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181 
In regulation 8(6), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
182 
In regulation 10(11), omit “acting for the petty sessions area in which the applicant for the disabled person’s badge resides”.
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In article 6(3), for “petty sessions area” (in both places) substitute “local justice area”.
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In regulation 5(2), for “a commission area falling” substitute “one or more local justice areas falling wholly or partly”.
192 
In the definition of “officer of the local probation board” in article 2, for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
193 
In Schedule 1, omit “A magistrates' courts committee established under section 27 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997.”
194 
In Schedule 1—
(a) in paragraph 1(4), for “acting for the same petty sessions area” substitute “acting in the same local justice area” and after “Northern Ireland,” insert “acting for the same”; and
(b) in paragraph 3(8)(a), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
195 
In article 6(1), for “chief executive to” substitute “designated officer for”.
196 
In article 7(2), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the licensing justices”.
197 
In regulation 19, for paragraph (5) substitute the following paragraph:“
(5) In paragraph (4), “appropriate court” means—
(a) in England and Wales, a magistrates' court, or
(b) in Scotland, the sheriff court in the sheriffdom—
(i) in which the claimant resides (in the case of an individual);
(ii) where the principal or last known place of business of the claimant is situated (in the case of a partnership); or
(iii) where the registered or principal office of the claimant is situated (in the case of an incorporated or unincorporated body).”.
198 
In rule 4(1), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
199 
In these Rules, for “justices' chief executive” (in each place) substitute “designated officer”.
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201 
In rule 6—
(a) in paragraph (2), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”;
(b) in paragraph (4), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”; and
(c) in paragraph (5), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
202 
In rule 7(2), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
203 
In rule 8(2), for “magistrates' courts committee” substitute “Lord Chancellor”.
204 
In rules 4(1) and (2), 6(1), 7(2)(a) and (b), 8(1) and 10(2) and (6)(b) and (d), for “justices' chief executive for the petty sessions area” substitute “designated officer for the local justice area”.
205 
In rules 4(9), 5 (in each place), 6(2), (3) and (4), 7(1), (4) and (7), 8(2) and (3) (in both places), 10(3), (4), (6)(a), (b) (in the first place) and (d) (in the first place), 11(2) and Form A in the Schedule, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
206 
In rule 10(1), (5) and (6)(c), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
207 
Omit rule 12.
208 
In Forms A and G in the Schedule, for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “Designated Officer”.
209 
In rule 10—
(a) in paragraph (1), for “a justices' chief executive” substitute “the designated officer for a magistrates' court”; and
(b) in paragraph (5)(a), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
210 
In rule 26(6), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
211 
In the modification in the right-hand column of the Schedule of section 28K(10) of the Immigration Act 1971 as inserted in that Act by section 138 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
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213 
In rule 1(2)(f), omit the definition of “relevant petty sessions area”.
214 
In rule 2(1), for “justices' chief executive for the relevant petty sessions area” substitute “designated officer for a magistrates' court”.
215 
In rule 3(1), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
216 
In rules 3(2), 4(3) and (5) and 5(4), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
217 
In the Schedule, for “Justices' Chief Executive” (in each place) substitute “Designated Officer”.
218 
In paragraph 8 of the Schedule—
(a) in subparagraph (1), for “acting for” substitute “acting in” and for “petty sessions area” (in both places) substitute “local justice area”;
(b) in subparagraph (3), for “acting for the relevant petty sessions area” substitute “acting in the relevant local justice area”; and
(c) in subparagraph (11), for “petty sessions area” substitute “local justice area”.
219 
In the modification in the right-hand column of the Schedule of section 28K(10) of the Immigration Act 1971 as inserted in that Act by section 138 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, for “justices' chief executive” substitute “designated officer”.
220 
In rules 1(2) and 4(4), for “the Greater London area” substitute “Greater London”.
221 
In rule 2—
(a) omit the definition of “Greater London commission area”; and
(b) after the definition of “justice”, insert the following definition:
 ‘“local justice area” has the same meaning as in the Courts Act 2003’.
222 
In rule 4, for paragraphs (1) to (3) substitute the following paragraphs:“
(2) There shall be one panel for Greater London formed of justices nominated from time to time by the Lord Chancellor in accordance with these Rules.
(3) Justices who form the first panel after 1st April 2005 shall serve for a term of three years commencing on 1st January in the year following the expiry of the term of the previous panel.”.
223 
In rule 5(1)(a), for “acts for the Greater London area” substitute “acts in a local justice area in Greater London”.
224 
Omit rule 9.
225 
In article 3(2)(g), for “a magistrates' courts committee for an area any part of which is within that local government area” substitute “the Lord Chancellor”.
226 
In article 15(3), for “petty sessions area” (in both places) substitute “local justice area”.
227 
In rule 3(4), for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
228 
In rule 3(5), for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
229 
In rule 3(5), for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
230 
In rule 4(5), for “Justices' Chief Executive” substitute “designated officer for the court”.
231 
In article 6(3), for “petty sessions area” (in both places) substitute “local justice area”.
232 
In article 2, for “petty sessions areas” substitute “local justice areas”.
233 
In the Schedule, for “Petty Sessions Areas” (in each place) substitute “Local Justice Areas”.
234 
In these Rules, for “justices' chief executive” (In each place) substitute “designated officer”.
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