# The Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/168 · made 24 January 2001

This Order brings sections 96 and 97 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 into force on 19th February 2001, together with associated repeals. These provisions relate to the execution of warrants issued by justices of the peace.

Made under: Access to Justice Act 1999 (Section 108, Schedule 14 paragraph 1)

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## Introductory text

MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 24th January 2001
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 108(1) of and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 14 to the Access to Justice Act 1999, makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day following that on which it is made.

## 2 Commencement of Access to Justice Act 1999

The following provisions of the Access to Justice Act 1999 shall come into force on 19th February 2001—
(a) sections 96 and 97;
(b) in Part V of Schedule 15 (repeals), all entries in the table headed “(8) Warrants” to the extent that they are not already in force;
(c) section 106, so far as it relates to those entries.

## 3 Transitional provisions

(1) This article applies where—
(a) a warrant of arrest, commitment, detention or distress is issued by a justice of the peace at any time before 8th January 2001,
(b) the warrant has not been executed before 19th February 2001, and
(c) if the warrant had been issued on 8th January 2001, section 125A(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 would have applied to it.
(2) Where this article applies, section 125D of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 shall apply as if the warrant had been issued on 8th January 2001.

## Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Jane Kennedy
Parliamentary Secretary,
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Dated 24th January 2001

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings sections 96 and 97 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 into force on 19th February 2001, together with associated repeals. These provisions relate to the execution of warrants issued by justices of the peace.
Section 96 inserts a new section 125D into the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, which provides that certain warrants may be executed by a person even though the warrant is not in his possession at the time.
Section 97 amends the Maintenance Orders Act 1958 and sections 83, 86(4) and 125(1) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 to make provision for the cessation of warrants.

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