The Youth Courts (Constitution) (Amendment) Rules 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/577
• Sections: 3

Section 1

These Rules may be cited as the Youth Courts (Constitution) (Amendment) Rules 1996, and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

Section 2

For rule 1(4) of the Youth Courts (Constitution) Rules 1954 there shall be substituted the following—

(4) If the justices for a petty sessions area consider that a sufficient number of persons cannot otherwise be appointed to the panel, they may appoint a justice for the commission area which includes that petty sessions area, who is specially qualified as aforesaid, notwithstanding that he is not a justice for that petty sessions area.

Section 3

In rule 14(1) of those Rules, for “petty sessional division of a county” there shall be substituted “petty sessions area forming part of a commission area”, and for “that division” there shall be substituted “that petty sessions area”.