Courts Act 1971

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The Courts Act 1971 is a key piece of UK legislation that reorganized the court system in England and Wales, notably establishing the modern Crown Court structure.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Courts Act 1971 canonical 12
Courts Act 1971 (as amended) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom legislation ⓘ
abolished assizes ⓘ
quarter sessions ⓘ
amendedBy Courts Act 2003 ⓘ
Crime and Courts Act 2013 ⓘ
appliesTo England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
category English criminal law ⓘ
United Kingdom constitutional and administrative law ⓘ
citation 1971 c. 23 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdCourt Crown Court ⓘ
createdOffice circuit judge ⓘ
recorder (part-time judge) ⓘ
established unified Crown Court structure ⓘ
governs jurisdiction of county courts (as originally enacted) ⓘ
organisation of the Crown Court ⓘ
hasEffectOn allocation of judicial business between courts ⓘ
criminal procedure in England and Wales ⓘ
hasSectionOn Crown Court jurisdiction ⓘ
appointment of circuit judges ⓘ
court circuits ⓘ
recorders ⓘ
implementedRecommendationOf Beeching Commission on Assizes and Quarter Sessions ⓘ
introducedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
isKeyFor modern structure of the Crown Court in England and Wales ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus in force as amended ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legislativeArea administration of justice ⓘ
longTitle An Act to make further provision as respects the courts ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
partOf reform of the courts of England and Wales ⓘ
region England and Wales ⓘ
reorganized court system of England and Wales ⓘ
replaced historic local criminal courts structure ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1971-07-28 ⓘ
shortTitle Courts Act 1971 ⓘ
subjectMatter courts administration ⓘ
criminal courts ⓘ
judicial system ⓘ
transferredJurisdictionTo Crown Court ⓘ
typeOfReform structural reorganisation of courts ⓘ
yearEnacted 1971 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Recorder (judge) → governingLaw → Courts Act 1971 (as amended) ⓘ
subject linked to: Recorder
linked to: Courts Act 1971
Courts Act 1971 → shortTitle → Courts Act 1971 ⓘ
Exeter Assizes → dissolvedBy → Courts Act 1971 ⓘ
Lewes Assizes → abolishedBy → Courts Act 1971 ⓘ
judiciary of Oxfordshire → governedBy → Courts Act 1971 ⓘ
Cumberland Quarter Sessions → abolishedBy → Courts Act 1971 ⓘ
Lancaster Assizes → abolishedBy → Courts Act 1971 ⓘ
York Assizes → abolishedBy → Courts Act 1971 ⓘ
Chester Assizes → abolishedBy → Courts Act 1971 ⓘ
Board of Green Cloth → abolishedBy → Courts Act 1971 ⓘ