[23 GEO. 5.]
Children and Young Persons Act, 1933.
[CH. 12.]
2ND SCH. --cont.
(3) The Secretary of State, after considering any repre- A.D. 1933. sentations made to him by the justices of the petty sessional divisions concerned, may by order direct that there shall be only one panel for any two or more petty sessional divisions and may by the same or a subsequent order provide for sittings of juvenile courts constituted from that panel being held at such places, whether within or without the petty sessional division for which the court is for the time being acting, as may be specified in the order.
An order under this sub-paragraph may contain such supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or proper for the purposes of the order, and may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order.
(4) Rules made by the Lord Chancellor shall provide-
(a) for the formation and periodical revision of panels
of justices;
(b) for limiting the number of justices who may sit as members of any juvenile court, and for the manner in which they are to be selected;
(c) for one of the justices acting as chairman of the court and for the manner in which the chairman is to be selected.
In Metropolitan Police Court Area.
2.-(1) His Majesty may by Order in Council specify as respects the metropolitan police court area the places (which, notwithstanding anything in the Metropolitan Police Courts Acts, 1839 and 1840, may be places other than police courts) in which juvenile courts are to sit, and assign as a division to each such place such portion of that area as may be specified in the Order.
(2) Every juvenile court in the metropolitan police court area shall be constituted of a metropolitan police magistrate nominated by the Secretary of State to act as chairman of juvenile courts within the said area and two justices of the peace for the county of London, one of whom shall be a woman, and both of whom shall be selected, in such manner as may be directed by Order in Council, from a panel of such justices nominated from time to time by the Secretary of State :
Provided that-
(a) if for special reasons the Secretary of State considers it advisable so to do, he may nominate such a justice of the peace as aforesaid to act as a chairman of juvenile courts within the said area; and
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