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ANNEX A

GLMCA: Facts and Figures

The provisions and arrangements proposed for the GLMCA differ from those which apply to other MCCs in order to cater effectively for the unique nature of the capital as an MCC. The table below shows figures from a number of other MCCs to illustrate significant difference in scale of the GLMCA. The MCCs represented are; an average size, outer London MCC (Bromley); one of the largest existing MCCs (Lancashire); and one of the largest proposed amalgamations (West Midlands). (For ease of comparison, figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand).

MCC Weighted
Caseload 		No. of
Courtrooms 		No. of staff Annual Budget
(Łk)
Bromley 33,000 7 29 > 1,596
Lancashire 356,000 48 198 6,860
West Midlands 703,000 89 438 16,086
GLMCA 1,580,000 193 1360 77,169

Figures are taken from published Management Information System reports for 1997 (weighted caseload and courtrooms) and 1997/1998 (budgets).

ANNEX B

ACCESS TO JUSTICE BILL PROVISIONS

Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority.

56.-(1) In the Justices of the Peace Act 1997, after section 30 insert-

"Greater London
Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority

30A.-(1) There shall be a body known as the Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority.

(2) The Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority shall be the magistrates' courts committee for Greater London.

(3) The Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority shall be a body corporate

Regulations about Authority.

30B.-(1) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations made by statutory instrument make provision relating to the Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority, including-

  1. provision about the membership of the Authority (including provision as to who is to chair it and about the payment of remuneration to its members);

  2. provision about the procedure of the Authority (including its quorum and meetings);

  3. provision for committees of the Authority (including provision about their membership and procedure); and

  4. provision for the discharge of any of the Authority's functions by a committee, by the person chairing the Authority or a committee or by the justices' chief executive, a justices' clerk or a member of the staff of the Authority.

(2) A statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provisions) regulations made by virtue of this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Provisions applying to all magistrates' courts committees".

(2) In section 40(8) of that Act (regulations about appointment of justices' chief executive), after "by statutory instrument" insert "which may make different provision in relation to the Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority and other magistrates' courts committees".

Schedule 10

The Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority

29. The Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument make provision in connection with the establishing of the Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority, including-

  1. provision for the transfer of property, rights and liabilities to the Authority,

  2. provision for the Authority to incur liabilities before the time when it begins to act as a magistrates' courts committee, and

  3. provision for the abolition of the magistrates' courts committees for areas in Greater London immediately before that time.

(As amended in Committee.)

ANNEX C

Establishing the GLMCA: Key Milestones

The following events and dates help put the contents of this consultation paper into the wider context of the time-scale for the establishment of the GLMCA.

Publish consultation document 15 February 1999
End of consultation period 14 May 1999
Decisions made regarding options Summer/Autumn 1999
Royal Assent to Access to Justice Bill Expected July 1999
Secondary legislation comes into force November 1999 to April 2001
Shadow Authority appointed By 1 April 2000

ANNEX D

MAP ILLUSTRATING A LIKELY OPTION FOR THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE INTO THREE OPERATIONAL AREAS - NORTH, SOUTH AND CENTRAL

Map

ANNEX E

Magistrates' Courts Properties In Outer London

MCC PROPERTY
Barking & Dagenham

  1. Barking Court House
    East Street
    Barking
    Essex IG11 8EW

  2. Annex to main Court House
    14/16 North Street
    Barking
    Essex IG11 8AW
    (2 year lease, no rent charged)
Barnet

  1. Barnet Court House
    High Street
    Barnet EN5 5UE

  2. Hendon Court House
    The Hyde,
    Hendon NW9 7BY
    (London Borough of Barnet is the leaseholder for part of the grounds, 99 years from 1920.)

  3. 12 garages, car parking space,
    7c High Street
    Barnet EN5 5UE
    (London Borough of Barnet are leaseholders .)

  4. ground & first floor (7c High Street.)

Bexley Bexley Magistrates' Court
Norwich Place
Bexleyheath
Kent DA6 7NB
(Probation Service lease part of the building from local authority.)
Brent Magistrates' Court Brent
Church End
448 High Road
London NW10 2DZ
Bromley Bromley Magistrates' Court
The Court House
London Road
Bromley BR1 1RA
Croydon The Magistrates' Court & the Coroner's Court
Croydon Magistrates' Court
Barclay Road
Croydon CR9 3NG
Ealing

  1. Ealing Court House
    Green Man Lane
    Ealing
    London W13 0SD

  2. Acton Court House
    Winchester Street
    Acton
    London W3 8PB

Enfield The Court House
Lordship Lane
Tottenham
London N17 6RT
Haringey

  1. Highgate Court House
    Bishops Road
    Highgate
    London
    N6 4HS

  2. Tottenham Court House
    Lordship Lane
    Tottenham
    London
    N17 6RT
    (Quarterly rent paid to the London Borough of Enfield.)

Harrow Gore Harrow Magistrates' Court
Rosslyn Crescent
Harrow
HA1 2JY
(Building at rear of court house - VSS are licensees at will with the London Borough of Harrow.)
Havering Havering Magistrates' Court
19 Main Road
Romford Essex RM1 3BH
(The Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District holds the freehold. Lease is with local authority for 999 years from 1965)
(Lease to Eastern Electricity reserving rights regarding access and cables.)
Hillingdon The Court House
Harefield Road
Uxbridge
UB8 1PQ
Hounslow

  1. Feltham Court House
    Hanworth Road
    Feltham
    Middlesex TW13 5AG

  2. Brentford Court House
    Market Place
    Brentford
    Middlesex TW8 8EN

Kingston Upon Thames

  1. Kingston Upon Thames Magistrates' Court
    Guildhall
    Kingston KT1 1EU

  2. Car parking spaces at rear of Guildhall - paid for by MCC

  3. Site adjacent to Guildhall for new court offices

  4. Court offices
    19 High Street
    Kingston Upon Thames
    Surrey KT1 1JW
    (Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames are leaseholders.)

Merton Wimbledon Magistrates' Court
The Law Courts
Alexandra Road
Wimbledon
London SW19 7JP
Newham Stratford Magistrates' Court
389-397 High Street
Newham E15 4SB
(Part of building leased by Probation Service.)
Redbridge Redbridge Court House
850 Cranbrook Road
Barkingside
Essex IG6 1HW
Richmond Upon Thames Richmond Court House
Parkshot
Richmond
Surrey TW9 2RF
(Share parking area with Local Authority.)
Sutton Sutton Court House
The Courthouse
Shotfield
Wallington
Surrey SM6 0JA
Waltham Forest Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court
1 and 1A Farnan Avenue
Walthamstow
London E17 4NX
(North East London Probation Service use adjacent offices - share certain services.)

 

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