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The Enforcement of Warrants (Disclosure of Information) Order 2000 in Scotland

S.I. 2000/3277 · Made 13 December 2000

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MAGISTRATES' COURTS

Made 13th December 2000

Laid before Parliament 14th December 2000

Coming into force 8th January 2001

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 125C(2) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1980 c. 43; section 125C was inserted by section 94 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Specification of relevant public authorities
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Enforcement of Warrants (Disclosure of Information) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 8th January 2001.

2Specification of relevant public authorities

The Secretary of State for Social Security shall be a relevant public authority for the purposes of section 125C of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (disclosure of information for enforcing warrants).

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Jane Kennedy

Parliamentary Secretary,

Lord Chancellor’s Department

13th December 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 125C of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, as inserted by the Access to Justice Act 1999, provides for a justices' chief executive to apply to a relevant public authority for basic personal information for the purpose of enforcing certain warrants. This Order specifies that the Secretary of State for Social Security is a relevant public authority for this purpose.