sec.268References to certain former offices etc.

### sec.268 References to certain former offices etc. A reference in any Act or document to— a police magistrate; or justices in petty sessions or a Court of Petty Sessions (however constituted); or a place for holding Courts of Petty Sessions (however constituted); or a clerk of petty sessions; is taken to be a reference to— a magistrate; or a Magistrates Court; or a place for holding Magistrates Courts; or a clerk of the court; respectively. 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. s 268 ins 1992 No. 40 s 118 amd 1994 No. 10 s 6 ; 1995 No. 58 s 4 sch 1 (sec.268-ssec.1) A reference in any Act or document to— a police magistrate; or justices in petty sessions or a Court of Petty Sessions (however constituted); or a place for holding Courts of Petty Sessions (however constituted); or a clerk of petty sessions; is taken to be a reference to— a magistrate; or a Magistrates Court; or a place for holding Magistrates Courts; or a clerk of the court; respectively. (sec.268-ssec.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. - (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; - (e) a magistrate; or - (f) a Magistrates Court; or - (g) a place for holding Magistrates Courts; or - (h) a clerk of the court;