§ 82. Mr. Skinnardasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in the absence of a male colleague, it is competent under his regulations for two female magistrates to hold a juvenile court.
§ Mr. EdeRules made by the Lord Chancellor applying to juvenile courts outside the Metropolitan Magistrates Court Area do not permit this. In the Metropolitan Magistrates Court Area the statute provides that a juvenile court may in certain exceptional circumstances be constituted of two women.