Part VII
(3) Rules made by virtue of this section may make different provision in relation to different areas for which juvenile court panels are formed; and in the application of this section to the county palatine of Lancaster, for any reference in subsection (2) above to the Lord Chancellor there shall be substituted a reference to the Chancellor of the Duchy.
(4) Nothing in this section or in any rules made under section 144 above shall affect—
- (a) the areas for which juvenile court panels are formed and juvenile courts are constituted;
- (b) the provisions of Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1963 c. 37.Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (and, as it has effect by virtue of section 17(1) of that Act, Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1933 c. 12.Children and Young Persons Act 1933) with respect to the making of recommendations and orders relating to the formation of combined juvenile court panels; or
- (c) the provisions of paragraph 14 of that Schedule relating to the divisions of the metropolitan area for which juvenile courts sit;
but rules under section 144 above may repeal, either generally or with respect to any part of the metropolitan area, any provision contained in paragraphs 15 to 18 of that Schedule (which contain provisions applicable in the metropolitan area with respect to certain of the matters referred to in subsection (1) above) and in subsections (2) and (3) of section 12 of the 1964 c. 42.Administration of Justice Act 1964 (which amend those paragraphs).
(5) In this section “the metropolitan area” means the inner London area and the City of London.
Occasional court-houses
Occasional court-house. 147.—(1) The justices acting for a petty sessions area may appoint as an occasional court-house any place that is not a petty-sessional court-house.
(2) A place appointed as an occasional court-house after 31st May 1953 shall not be used as such unless public notice has been given that it has been appointed.
(3) There may be more than one occasional court-house for each petty sessions area; and an occasional court-house may be outside the petty sessions area for which it is appointed, and if so shall be deemed to be in that area for the purpose of the jurisdiction of the justices acting for that area.
