Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) "In consultation with the Chief Magistrate, the Administrator" and substituting "The Chief Magistrate" ;

(b) by omitting subsections (2) and (3) ;

(c) by inserting in subsection (7) "and between other justices" after "magistrates" ;

(d) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (7) :

(8)  The Chief Magistrate, in consultation with the Administrator, is responsible for the allocation of all matters for first appearance under any Act or other law in the lower courts throughout the State, regardless of whether any of the matters represents the exercise by a magistrate of an original or an appellate jurisdiction.