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§ 'The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c.43)
§ 9G.—(1) The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 shall be amended as follows.
§ (2) In section 150(1) (interpretation) after the definition of "impose imprisonment" there shall be inserted the following definition—
§ "legal representative" means an authorised advocate or authorised litigator, as defined by section 92(1) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;".
§ (3) For the words—
- (a) "counsel or a solicitor" in sections 4(4) (b), 6(2) (b), 23(1) (a) and 128(1B);
- (b) "counsel or solicitor" in sections 122(1) and (3); there shall be substituted "a legal representative".
§ (4) For the words—
- (a) "solicitor" in sections 6(2) (a), 12(2), 128(1A) (ii) and (3B);
- (b) "counsel or solicitor" in sections 72(3) (a) and (4);
- (c) "solicitor or barrister" in section 145(1) (d), there shall be substituted "legal representative".
§ (5) For the words "counsel and solicitors" in section 8(4) (d) there shall be substituted "the legal representatives".
§ (6) For the words—
- (a) "solicitors and counsel" in section 69(2) (b);
- (b) "solicitors or counsel" in section 69(4),
§ (7) In section 144(3) (members of the rule committee) in subsection (3), for the words "one justices' clerk" to the end there shall be substituted—
- "(a) one justices' clerk;
- (b) one person who has a Supreme Court qualification (within the meaning of section 57 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990); and
- (c) one person who has been granted by an authorised body, under Part II of that Act, the right to conduct litigation in relation to all proceedings in the Supreme Court.".'.
§ The Lord ChancellorMy Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 249. I spoke to this amendment with Amendment No. 169.
Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 249.— (The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.