The Local Government (Magistrates' Courts etc.) (Amendment) Order 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/612
• Sections: 2

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Magistrates' Courts etc.) (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the 1st April 2001.

Section 2

In the Local Government (Magistrates' Courts etc.) Order 1985 —

(i) in article 3 (preliminary arrangements), in paragraph (3) for the words “justices' clerk”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “justices' chief executive” and in paragraph (8) for the words “justices' clerks” there shall be substituted the words “justices' chief executives”; and

(ii) in article 4 (manner of election to and period of office etc.), in paragraph (2)(a)(i) and (f), for the words “clerk to the justices”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “justices chief executive”.