s 26 District Judges (Magistrates' Courts) able to act alone
(1) Nothing in the 1980 Act— (a) requiring a magistrates' court to be composed of two or more justices, or (b) limiting the powers of a magistrates' court when composed of a single justice, applies to a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts). (2) A District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) may— (a) do any act, and (b) exercise alone any jurisdiction, which can be done or exercised by two justices, apart from granting or transferring a licence. (3) Any enactment making provision ancillary to the jurisdiction exercisable by two justices of the peace also applies to the jurisdiction of a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts), unless the provision relates to granting or transferring a licence. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) “ The 1980 Act ” means the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43).