Administration of Justice Act 1964
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The Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c 42) is an Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
that reorganised the judicial arrangements in the
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area to reflect major local government changes. Among the provisions of the Act, which came into force on 1 April 1965, were the creation of the offices of
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and
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.


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United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1964 {{UK-statute-stub