5. The members of the magistrates' courts committees last appointed under Regulation 3, 4 or 5 of the Magistrates' Courts Committees (Constitution) Regulations 1951 (a')[1] for the counties of London and Middlesex and the county boroughs of Croydon, East Ham and West Ham shall hold office until 1st April 1965.
6. No appointments shall be made to the panel of justices constituted by section 8 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) 1933(b)[2] and the justices who are members of the existing panel shall continue to hold office until 1st April 1965.
7.—(1) The chairman and deputy chairman of the justices for a petty sessional division of the inner London area elected under arrangements mentioned in paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Administration of Justice Act 1964 shall hold office until 31st December 1965.
(2) A member of the committee of magistrates constituted under section 13 of the Administration of Justice Act 1964 appointed under any such arrangements shall hold office until 1st December 1965.
(3) A member of the juvenile court panel for the inner London area and the City of London appointed under any such arrangements shall hold office until 31st October 1967.
8. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 19 of Schedule 4 to the Administration of Justice 1964, any person who immediately before 1st April 1965 stands committed under section 5 of the Vagrancy Act 1824(c)[3] to the court of quarter sessions for a county or borough abolished by section 3 of the London Government 1963 shall be deemed to have been committed to the court of quarter sessions for the London commission area in which the county or borough is wholly or mainly situated and may be tried, sentenced or otherwise dealt with by the last-mentioned court as if he had originally been committed thereto by a magistrates' court for that area and any recognizance entered into in connection with the committal shall have effect accordingly.
9.—(1) The Interpretation Act 1889(d)[4] shall apply to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(2) This Order may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act 1964 (Transitional, etc.) Order 1964.
(3) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (4) of this Article , this Order shall come into operation on 1st January 1965.
(4) Article 1(1) of this Order shall come into operation on 1st April 1965
Frank Soskice,
One of Her Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State.
Home Office,
Whitehall.
14th December 1964.
