Magistrates' Courts Act
Stock short title used for UK legislation
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Magistrates' Courts Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to magistrates' courts.
The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Magistrates' Courts Bill during its passage through Parliament.
Magistrates' Courts Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to magistrates courts.
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United Kingdom
There are no Magistrates' Courts in Scotland, although there are Justice of the Peace Courts, which replaced District Courts in 1975.[1]
- The Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 55)
- The Magistrates' Courts Act 1957 (5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 29)
- The Magistrates' Courts (Appeals From Binding Over Orders) Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 44)
- The Metropolitan Magistrates' Courts Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 45)
- The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c. 22)
- The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)
- The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29)
- The Magistrates' Courts (Procedure) Act 1998 (c. 15)