Article 2 Commencement of provisions of Access to Justice Act 1999

The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st April 2001:

(a)

in Part V:

(i)

to the extent that they are not already in force, section 83 and Schedule 12 (Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority);

(ii)

section 90 and Schedule 13 (transfer of clerks' functions to chief executives); and

(iii)

section 91 (accounting etc. functions of chief executives); and

(b)

in Part VI:

(i)

sections 98 (justices and clerks: immunity from costs), 99 (justices and clerks: indemnity), and 100 (assistant justices' clerks: immunity from action); and

(ii)

so far as they extend to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only, sections 101 (General Commissioners: immunity from action), 102 (General Commissioners; immunity from costs and expenses), and 103 (General Commissioners and clerks: indemnity); and

(c)

in Part VII:

(i)

so far as they have not already been effected, the repeals in Part V(6) of Schedule 15;

(ii)

the repeals in Part V(7) of Schedule 15;

(iii)

the repeal in Part VI of Schedule 15; and

(iv)

so far as it relates to those repeals, section 106.