HO 2931950-1988Home Office: Magistrates' Courts (MAG Symbol Series) Files
Files from the Home Office MAG (Magistrates' Courts) symbol series dealing with the administration, jurisdiction, appointment and control of magistrates' courts in England and Wales, the appointment and conditions of service of justices and justices' clerks, the functions of Magistrates' Courts Committees and the reorganisation of petty sessional divisions or areas.
The papers in this series relate mainly to particular issues giving rise to changes in policy or legislation, as well as to the preparation and passage of the legislation itself. Among the latter are the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1956, the Metropolitan Magistrates' Courts Act 1959 and the Justices of the Peace Act 1965.