Courts and Court Officers Act 2009
Continuity of administration of justice not to be affected. |
23.— (1) The continuity of the administration of justice shall not be interrupted by the— | |
(a) establishment of a combined court office under section 14 , | ||
(b) variation of the functions, or the dissolution, of a combined courts office under section 15 , or | ||
(c) making of an order under section 17 . | ||
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1)— | ||
(a) on the establishment of a combined court office under section 14 , the variation of the functions of a combined court office under section 15 , or the making of an order under section 17 (1), the business of a constituent court office shall be continued in the combined court office, | ||
(b) where business has begun to be transacted in a combined court office which, by virtue of the variation of the functions, or dissolution, of that office under section 15 , is subsequently required to be transacted in another court office, that business shall be continued in that other court office, and | ||
(c) where the Government make an order under section 17 (1), the business concerned that was transacted in a combined court office shall be continued by or before the registrar, or any person acting under the direction of such a registrar, of the Special Criminal Court concerned. |