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The Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1991

S.I. 1991/1364 · Made 11 June 1991

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SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

COUNTY COURTS

MAGISTRATES' COURTS

LEGAL SERVICES

LEGAL PROFESSION

NOTARIES PUBLIC

Made 11th June 1991

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 124(3) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1990 c. 41.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Schedule
  5. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1991.

2

The provisions of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 specified in the Schedule hereto shall come into force on 1st July 1991.

Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C.

Dated 11th June 1991

Provision of the ActSubject matter of provision
Section 2Transfer of proceedings between courts
Section 3Remedies available in county courts
Section 10Family proceedings in magistrates' courts and related matters
Section 15Enforcement
Section 56Administration of oaths etc. by justices in certain probate business
Section 57Notaries
Section 74(4)–(7)District Judges
Section 86Commencement etc. of solicitors' practising certificates
Section 117Extension of powers of justices' clerks
Paragraphs 6, 17 and 18 of Schedule 17, and section 125(2) so far as it relates to them.Minor amendments
Paragraphs 9, 10, 17, 18 and 43–46 of Schedule 18 and section 125(3) so far as it relates to them.Consequential amendments
Paragraphs 12 and 13 of Schedule 19, and section 125(6) so far as it relates to them.Transitionals and savings
Section 125(7) and Schedule 20 so far as they provide for the repeal of, or of words in, the following provisions—Repeals
(a)

sections 1–5 and 7–9 of the Public Notaries Act 1801f1

(b)

the Public Notaries Act 1833f2 and the Public Notaries Act 1843f3

(c)

the Small Debts Act 1845f4

(d)

the Welsh Church Act 1914f5

(e)

section 37 of the Administration of Justice Act 1956f6

(f)

section 29 of the Administration of Justice Act 1969f7

(g)

sections 19, 20, 22, 29, 34, 43, 44, 89(3), 105 and 106 of, and Schedule 1 to, the County Courts Act 1984f8

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st July 1991 a number of provisions in the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990. These provisions, together with a brief indication of their subject matter, are listed in the Schedule to the Order.