s 268
In forceReferences to certain former offices etc.
Part 11Validations, savings and transitional
Division 1References
268 References to certain former offices etc.
(1)
A reference in any Act or document to—
(a)
a police magistrate; or
(b)
justices in petty sessions or a Court of Petty Sessions (however constituted); or
(c)
a place for holding Courts of Petty Sessions (however constituted); or
(d)
a clerk of petty sessions;
is taken to be a reference to—
(e)
a magistrate; or
(f)
a Magistrates Court; or
(g)
a place for holding Magistrates Courts; or
(h)
a clerk of the court;
respectively.
(2)
If, by or under any Act, any jurisdiction, function or power is conferred on a police magistrate, the jurisdiction, function or power is taken to have been conferred on a magistrate.
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