Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/43/section/1
Timestamp: 2017-10-20 03:35:51
Document Index: 185051225

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 4', 'art. 12', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3']

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, Section 1 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 20 October 2017. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
s. 1(3) words inserted by 2003 c. 44 Sch. 36 para. 8(2)
s. 1(4) words inserted by 2003 c. 44 Sch. 36 para. 8(3)
s. 1(6) words inserted by 2003 c. 44 Sch. 36 para. 8(4)
Sch. 6A(entry) by 2000 c. 43 Sch. 7 para. 69
1 Issue of summons to accused or warrant for his arrest.E+W
[F5(4A)Where a person who is not a [F6relevant prosecutor authorised to issue requisitions] lays an information before a justice of the peace in respect of an offence to which this subsection applies, no warrant shall be issued under this section without the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(b)attempting or conspiring to commit the offence.]
F1S. 1(1) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 43(1), 110; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(p)
F2S. 1(2)(5)(8) repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 43(2), 109(3), 110, Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(p)(aa)
F3Words in s. 1(3) omitted (29.1.2004) by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. {31(1)}, 336; S.I. 2004/81, art. 4(1)(2)(d) and the same words repealed (15.12.2004) by s. 332, {Sch. 37 Part. 12} of that Act; S.I. 2004/3033, art. 3(2)(e)(ii)
F4Words in s. 1(4) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 68(d), 101(1), Sch. 8 para. 6(1)(a), Sch. 12 para. 22(1); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
F5S. 1(4A)-(4E) inserted (15.9.2011) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), ss. 153(1), 157(3)(b)
F6Words in s. 1(4A) substituted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), s. 95(1), Sch. 11 para. 3(2); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 77
F7S. 1(4B) omitted (13.4.2015) by virtue of Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), s. 95(1), Sch. 11 para. 3(3); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 77