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The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022

S.I. 2022/1358 · Made 14 December 2022

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Criminal Procedure, England And Wales

Made 14th December 2022

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 51(4) and (5) of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022f1, makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

2022 c. 35.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Provision coming into force
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022.

(2)

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022.

2Provision coming into force

Section 5 of the Act (extension of single justice procedure to corporations) comes into force on the 21st day after the day on which these Regulations are made.

Signature

Mike Freer

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

14th December 2022

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring into force section 5 of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35). Section 5 amends section 16A of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) to widen the scope of the single justice procedure to include prosecution of legal persons such as corporations. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.